NCT03991039

Comparing Clinical Benefits of Gamma Knife and Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Treatment of Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Comparative Study of Microvascular Decompression and Stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Baghdad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Clinical randomized study to compare the clinical effectiveness between two modalities of treatment of trigeminal neuralgia namely gamma knife radio surgery and microvascular decompression

Detailed description

A randomized prospective study conducted in The Neurosciences Hospital, Baghdad, from January 2016 to January 2018, patients had either GKR treatment or treated with MVD. The pain evaluated pre- and post-operatively using the Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Intensity scale (BNIPI), visual analog scale (VAS) and Brief Pain Inventory Facial (BPI-Facial) scoring systems. In GKR procedure, the trigeminal root entry zone targeted with a radiation dose of 80 Gy. MVD was performed using retro-sigmoid approach. Follow-up period for two years

Conditions

• Trigeminal Neuralgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	Gamma knife	Microvascular decompression

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2019-06-19
• Last updated: 2019-06-19