IngentaConnect Gamma-knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia

Authors: Shroff, V Kannan, CE Deopujari, BK Misra, PG Shetty, MM¹; Pendse, AM¹

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 43, Number 3, August 1999 , pp. 339-341(3)

Abstract:

Gamma knife was installed at the PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India, in January 1997. In the first year of gamma-knife radiosurgery to January 1998, we treated 110 patients, of whom six had medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia. Seven treatments were administered to this group of six patients (one had bilateral neuralgia). This report evaluates the effectiveness of radiosurgery treatment in these patients. The median age of the patients was 56 years and there were five males and one female. Following Leksell stereotactic frame fixation, a magnetic resonance imaging scan was done in all. The Leksell gamma plan was used for planning. A radiosurgery dose of 70-80 Gy was delivered to the trigeminal root entry zone, 2-4 mm anterior to the junction of the pons and trigeminal nerve with a single 4 mm collimator helmet. Complete pain relief was achieved in four patients. Two had partial relief. No patient developed any radiosurgery related morbidity during the follow-up period of 5-16 months. Radiosurgery seems to be an effective approach for medically or surgically refractory trigeminal neuralgia.

Keywords: gamma knife; radiosurgery; stereotactic radiosurgery; trigeminal neuralgia

Document Type: Original article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.433668.x

Affiliations: 1: PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India

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