From: Refractory trigeminal neuralgia treatment outcomes following CyberKnife radiosurgery
Variable | Good outcome | Treatment failure | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
No of patients | 18 (72%) | 7 (28%) | 0.05 |
Gender | |||
Male | 10 | 3 | 0.51 |
Female | 8 | 4 | |
Age | |||
≥70 years | 7 | 3 | 0.81 |
<70 years | 11 | 4 | |
Diabetes | 0.05 | ||
Yes | 2 | 3 | |
No | 16 | 4 | |
Multiple Sclerosis | 0.88 | ||
Yes | 3 | 1 | |
No | 14 | 6 | |
Side of Pain | |||
Right | 9 | 5 | 0.38 |
Left | 9 | 2 | |
Duration of | |||
Symptoms | |||
>8 years | 12 | 4 | 0.74 |
<8 years | 6 | 3 | |
Dose | |||
60 Gy | 14 | 5 | 0.68 |
>60 Gy | 4 | 2 | |
New Bothersome | 0.20 | ||
Facial Numbness | 4 | 7 | |
Yes | 14 | 0 | |
No | |||
Post-treatment BNI | |||
Facial Numbness | |||
I-II | 10 | 7 | 0.04 |
III-IV | 8 | 0 | |
Prior Surgery | |||
Yes | 13 | 4 | 0.40 |
No | 5 | 3 |