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Re-treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia with Gamma Knife: Is There a Minimum Cumulative Dose? by T. Dvorak; L.L. Price; J.E. Mignano; M.M. Fitzek; J.K. Wu; K.C. Yao is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Purpose/Objective(s): Patients with intracranial tumors can present with facial pain presumably associated with the tumor. There is limited evidence that gamma knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) can provide relief of facial pain when the associated tumor is targeted. To further assess the efficacy of GKRS in this regard, we reviewed our 8 year experience with meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, and trigeminal schwannomas with associated facial pain. Materials/Methods: All patients with diagnosis of meningioma, acoustic schwannoma, and trigeminal schwannoma treated with GKRS at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center between August 31, 1999 and August 30, 2007 were reviewed. Three hundred seventy-eight patients were treated. The trigeminal nerve only received dose if it was involved by tumor or in close proximity to the lesion. These cases were reviewed to determine 1) the number of patients who presented with patient reported facial pain that was presumed to be tumor related and 2) whether GKRS to the tumor resulted in alleviation of their pain during the followup period. Pain status at follow-up was categorized as complete relief, partial relief and poor/no relief based upon doctor-patie

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Author

T. Dvorak; L.L. Price; J.E. Mignano; M.M. Fitzek; J.K. Wu; K.C. Yao

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)