Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Study.
Xu Z, Mathieu D, Heroux F, Abbassy M, Barnett G, Mohammadi AM, Kano H, Caruso J, Shih HH, Grills IS, Lee K, Krishnan S, Kaufmann AM, Lee JYK, Alonso-Basanta M, Kerr M, Pierce J, Kondziolka D, Hess JA, Gerrard J, Chiang V, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery 2018, 84: 499-505. PMID: 29688562, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrence-free rateTrigeminal neuralgiaStereotactic radiosurgeryPain responsePain controlMultiple sclerosisMS-related trigeminal neuralgiaFavorable initial responseReasonable pain controlRetrospective cohort studyMedian latency periodLarge patient seriesGamma Knife CenterFacial pain responsesFacial numbnessCohort studyClinical outcomesMedical managementPatient seriesMulticenter studySurgical interventionPatientsLatency periodRisk profileInitial response