Outcome for patients with essential trigeminal neuralgia treated with linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery.

Background: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is one option for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, after unsuccessful conservative approaches.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate our institutional results in the management of patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia treated with linear accelerator SRS.

Methods: Fifty-two patients were treated between January 1998 and December 2009 and were followed for more than 6 months (median: 26.

Long-term outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of cavernous sinus meningiomas.

Purpose: Patients with cavernous sinus meningiomas (CSM) have an elevated risk of surgical morbidity and mortality. Recurrence is often observed after partial resection. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), either alone or combined with surgery, represents an important advance in CSM management, but long-term results are lacking.