title: Radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia.
abstract: Radiosurgery has recently emerged as a suitable treatment of pharmacologically resistant idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia. Results and complications of this treatment are related to parameters of the dosimetry, i.e. the dose and the target. We found that the irradiation dose delivered to the brainstem, the distance between the target and the brainstem, and the occurrence of facial numbness after radiosurgery are related to a better pain outcome.
authors.affiliation: Gamma Knife Center, Erasme Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Massager
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorenzoni
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Devriendt
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levivier
mesh_terms: D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*