Temporal disconnection between pain relief and trigeminal nerve microstructural changes after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia.

CONCLUSIONS: Ultimately, this study serves as the first step toward an improved understanding of the long-term microstructural effect of radiosurgery on TN. Given that FA reductions remained specific to responders and were absent in nonresponders up to 24 months posttreatment, FA changes have the potential of serving as temporally consistent biomarkers of optimal pain relief following radiosurgical treatment for classic TN. PMID: 31299654 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31299654?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - July 11, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Shih-Ping Hung P, Tohyama S, Zhang JY, Hodaie M Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research