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Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the treatment of refractory trigeminal neuralgia: Detailed description of SRS procedure and reported clinical outcomes.

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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To present our linac-based SRS procedural technique for medically and/or surgically refractory trigeminal neuralgia (TN) treatment and simultaneously report our clinical outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-seven refractory TN patients who were treated with a single fraction of 80 Gy to TN. Treatment delivery was performed with a 4 mm cone size using 7-arc arrangement with differential-weighting for Novalis-TX with six MV-SRS (1000 MU/min) beam and minimized dose to the brainstem. Before each treatment, Winston-Lutz quality assurance (QA) with submillimeter accuracy was performed. Clinical treatment response was evaluated using Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) pain intensity score, rated from I to V. RESULTS:Out of 27 patients, 22 (81%) and 5 (19%) suffered from typical and atypical TN, respectively, and had median follow-up interval of 12.5 months (ranged: 1-53 months). For 80 Gy prescriptions, delivered total average MU was 19440 ± 611. Average beam-on-time was 19.4 ± 0.6 min. Maximum dose and dose to 0.5 cc of brainstem were 13.4 ± 2.1 Gy (ranged: 8.4-15.9 Gy) and 3.6 ± 0.4 Gy (ranged: 3.0-4.9 Gy), respectively. With a median follow-up of 12.5 months (ranged: 1-45 months) in typical TN patients, the proportion of patients achieving overall pain relief was 82%, of which half achieved a complete pain relief with BNI score of I-II and half demonstrated partial pain reduction with BNI score of IIIA-IIIB. Four typical TN patients (18%) had no response to radiosurgery treatment. Of the patients who responded to treatment, actuarial pain recurrence free survival rates were approximately 100%, 75%, and 50% at 12 months, 15 months, and 24 months, respectively. Five atypical TN patients were included, who did not respond to treatment (BNI score: IV-V). However, no radiation-induced cranial-toxicity was observed in all patients treated. CONCLUSION:Linac-based SRS for medically and/or surgically refractory TN is a fast, effective, and safe treatment option for patients with typical TN who had excellent response rates. Patients, who achieve response to treatment, often have durable response rates with moderate actuarial pain recurrence free survival. Longer follow-up interval is anticipated to confirm our clinical observations.

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J Appl Clin Med Phys

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Journal of applied clinical medical physics

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Pokhrel D,Sood S,McClinton C,Saleh H,Badkul R,Jiang H,Stepp T,Camarata P,Wang F

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10.1002/acm2.12057

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-03-01 00:00:00

pages

136-143

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issn

1526-9914

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Linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the treatment of refractory trigeminal neuralgia: Detailed description of SRS procedure and reported clinical outcomes.