Pain-Free Outcomes and Durability of Surgical Intervention for Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Comparison of Gamma Knife and Microvascular Decompression.

Objective: Treatment options for trigeminal neuralgia include microvascular decompression (MVD) and Gamma Knife surgery (GKS). There is no consensus which option is more effective at providing immediate and long-lasting pain relief. This study evaluated the differences between these 2 options in terms of rates of complete pain relief and pain-free recurrence.