Trigeminal Neuralgia

Research from Stanford University in trigeminal neuralgia provides new insights

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 15th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Neurosurgery, "To search for correlations between specific anatomic, geometric, and morphological properties of the trigeminal nerve and the success of radiosurgical treatment and elimination of facial hypesthesia as a complication. Forty-six patients with at least 6 months of follow-up after CyberKnife (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) rhizotomy were retrospectively reviewed."

"Patients treated after 2004 were entered into the study after congruity in treatment parameters was established. Anatomic variations regarding the length of each nerve segment and angle of trigeminal nerve takeoff from brainstem to...

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