Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Management of Cluster Headache
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Hideyuki Kano & Douglas Kondziolka & Ajay Niranjan & John C. Flickinger & L. Dade Lunsford
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has proven to be an effective management approach for trigeminal neuralgia and as a minimally invasive alternative management option for cluster headache (CH). In CH, patients undergo single-session focused irradiation of the trigeminal nerve root (TN), sometimes coupled with irradiation of the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) as well. SRS provides early pain relief in most patients, but is associated with trigeminal sensory dysfunction in some patients. In the future, a prospective trial that compares a single target of TN to dual targets of both the TN and SPG may provide further understanding of the value of SRS for CH.
Curr Pain Headache Rep (2011) 15:118–123 DOI 10.1007/s11916-010-0169-8 Published online: 23 December 2010
