Does egress of cerebrospinal fluid during percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy influence long term pain relief?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Mihir Prakash PandiaVirendra Jain

Abstract

To examine the effect of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow during percutaneous retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy (PRGR) on long term pain relief in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Eighty-nine patients with trigeminal neuralgia underwent 102 PRGR procedures. PRGR was conducted under fluoroscopy. After the egress of CSF, anhydrous glycerol (0.3-0.4 cc) was injected in the sitting position. In the absence of CSF flow, 0.25 mL 2% lidocaine was injected to elicit hypesthesia in the affected side. Once hypesthesia was elicited glycerol was injected. Patients were grouped as A (CSF flow present) or B (CSF flow absent), according to the egress of CSF at the time of needle placement. Patients were followed up for the recurrence of pain (average duration of follow up, 62 months). CSF flow was present in 54 patients (60.6%) and absent in 35 patients (39.4%). Thirty patients (56.6%) of group A had excellent pain relief, 18 patients (33.3%) had good pain relief, and 6 patients (11.1%) had no pain relief. However, in the absence of CSF flow, 14 patients (40%) each had excellent and good pain relief, and 7 patients (20%) were treatment failures. The pain relief was comparable between the groups. The median time to recurrence of pain needing ...Continue Reading

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Apr 29, 2015·Pain Practice : the Official Journal of World Institute of Pain·Mark V KoningHenk M Koning
Jun 22, 2016·Neurosurgery Clinics of North America·Joanna Y WangChetan Bettegowda

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