Gamma knife radiosurgery in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: Quality of life, outcomes, and complications

Azar, Maziar; Yahyavi, Seyyed Taha; Bitaraf, Mohammad Ali; Gazik, Farid Kazemi; Allahverdi, Mahmoud; Shahbazi, Samina; Alikhani, Mazdak

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.09.020

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“…2) and that these results are comparable to other treatment methods for trigeminal neuralgia. 13 The mechanism of periorbital pain during and after AACG is not well understood. In AACG, IOP elevates rapidly, resulting in head, eye, and face pain as well as nausea and vomiting.…”

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Relief of Periorbital Pain After Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Attack by Botulinum Toxin Type A

Chien

Chen

et al. 2010

Journal of Glaucoma

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Relief of Periorbital Pain After Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Attack by Botulinum Toxin Type A

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Chen

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Journal of Glaucoma

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“…The SF-36, the most widely used generic patient-related outcome measure, was used both pre-and postoperatively by Azar et al 1 and Pan et al 27 However, Garratt, 16 when commenting on the SF-36, argued that there was an urgent need for "an appropriate and standardised application of measures that include aspects of health and quality of life, and end points that are of genuine importance to patients." There is ample evidence that outcome measures, if not assessed in an independent, blinded way, are subject to bias and are associated with significantly larger positive treatment effects than blinded outcome assessments.…”

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Proposal for evaluating the quality of reports of surgical interventions in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: the Surgical Trigeminal Neuralgia Score

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Mirza

Kitchen

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Object The aim of this study was to design a checklist with a scoring system for reporting on studies of surgical interventions for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and to validate it by a review of the recent literature. Methods A checklist with a scoring system, the Surgical Trigeminal Neuralgia Score (STNS), was devised partially based on the validated STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) criteria and customized for TN after a literature review and then applied to a series of articles. These articles were identified using a prespecified MEDLINE and Embase search covering the period from 2008 to 2010. Of the 584 articles found, 59 were studies of interventional procedures for TN that fulfilled the inclusion criteria and 56 could be obtained in full. The STNS was then applied independently by 3 of the authors. Results The maximum STNS came to 30, and was reliable and reproducible when used by the 3 authors who performed the scoring. The range of scores was 6–23.5, with a mean of 14 for all the journals. The impact factor scores of the journals in which the papers were published ranged from 0 to 4.8. Twenty-four of the studies were published in the Journal of Neurosurgery or in Neurosurgery. Studies published in neurosurgical journals ranked higher on the STNS scale than those published in nonneurosurgical journals. There was no statistically significant correlation between STNS and impact factors. Stereotactic radiosurgery (n = 25) and microvascular decompression (n = 15) were the most commonly reported procedures. The diagnostic criteria were stated in 35% of the studies, and 4 studies reported subtypes of TN. An increasing number of studies (46%) used the recommended Kaplan-Meier methodology for pain survival outcomes. The follow-up period was unclear in 8 studies, and 26 reported follow-ups of more than 5 years. Complications were reported fairly consistently but the temporal course was not always indicated. Direct interview, telephone conversation, and questionnaires were used to measure outcomes. Independent assessment of outcome was only clearly stated in 7 studies. Only 2 studies used the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey to measure quality of life and 4 studies reported on the severity of preoperative pain. The Barrow Neurological Institute pain questionnaire was the most commonly used outcome measure (n = 13), followed by the visual analog scale. Conclusions Similar to the STROBE criteria that provide a checklist of items that should be included in reports of observational studies in general, the authors' suggested checklist for the STNS could help editors and reviewers ensure that quality reports are published, and could prove useful for colleagues when reporting their results specifically on the surgical management of TN. It would help the patient and clinicians make a decision about selecting the appropriate neurosurgical procedure.

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“…It seems that age is not a prognostic factor with "reasonable agreement". In spite of female gender seems to be slightly more frequent in the series (Brisman , 2004;Longhi , 2007;Pollock, 2002;), concerning pain outcome it has been systematically communicated that this variable has not prognostic significance (Aubuchon, 2010;Azar, 2009;Brisman , 2004;Dellaretti, 2008;;Hayashi, 2009;Kimball, 2010;Longhi, 2007;Massager 2007aPark, 2011Riesenburger, 2010;;Rogers, 2000;Sheehan, 2005;Tawk, 2005;Young, 1998): There was found "Consistent agreement" indicating that gender is not a prognostic variable for pain control.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…On the other hand, other authors communicated that maximal dose of irradiation is not a prognostic factor (Aubuchon, 2010;Azar, 2009;Brisman, 2004;Dellaretti, 2008;Hayashi, 2009;Little, 2008;Longhi, 2007;Park, 2011;Petit, 2003;Riesenburger, 2010;Rogers, 2000;Young, 1998;). Conversely, no study has shown better results using a lower dose.…”

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“…Han (Han, 2009), Sheehan (Sheehan, 2005), Regis (Regís, 2006) and Towk (Tawk, 2005) conversely described worse results in younger patients. In spite of these controversial results, the majority of authors have not found significant influence of the patient age in pain control (Aubuchon, 2010;Azar, 2009;Brisman, 2004;Dellaretti, 2008;Hayashi, 2009;Little, 2008;Longhi, 2007;Massager, 2007a;Park, 2011;Petit, 2003;Riesenburger, 2010;Rogers, 2000;Young, 1998). It seems that age is not a prognostic factor with "reasonable agreement".…”

Section: Clinical Variablesmentioning

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Clinical, Anatomo-Radiological and Dosimetric Features Influencing Pain Outcome After Gamma Knife Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Lorenzoni¹,

Zarate²,

Ramón³

et al. 2011

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Gamma knife radiosurgery in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: Quality of life, outcomes, and complications

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

Relief of Periorbital Pain After Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Attack by Botulinum Toxin Type A

Relief of Periorbital Pain After Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Attack by Botulinum Toxin Type A

Proposal for evaluating the quality of reports of surgical interventions in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: the Surgical Trigeminal Neuralgia Score

Clinical, Anatomo-Radiological and Dosimetric Features Influencing Pain Outcome After Gamma Knife Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

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