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Treatment on OUCH remove it or??
« on: Jul 22nd, 2005, 4:09am » |
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A google search showed this reported on OUCH-CA by Doug back in February. But Gamma Knife surgery is still shown as a possible treatment on the OUCH website.
Can someone fix this or say why it is still shown? I have reported other problems with the site but they haven't been corrected. Any suggestions?
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"French investigators report. In fact, this therapy can cause nerve damage and should not be used in patients with this problem, they add."
"Our study does not support the positive results" of the 1998 study, the authors note. Even for the most severely affected patients, the risks associated with gamma knife treatment are nearly as great as the benefits, they add."
http://brainblogger.com/2005/02/from-news-radiosurgery-questioned-as.htm l
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http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/76/2/218
Conclusions: The rate and severity of trigeminal nerve injury appeared to be significantly higher than in trigeminal neuralgia, and this study does not support the positive results of the study of Ford et al. We consider the morbidity to be significant for the low rate of pain cessation, making this procedure less attractive even for the more severely affected subgroup of patients.
Here is where it is shown on OUCH:
http://www.clusterheadaches.org/library/general/overview.htm
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Re: Treatment on OUCH remove it or??
« Reply #1 on: Jul 22nd, 2005, 8:10am » |
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As the evidence comes in, gamma rays appear less and less like a good treatment. There may a few places that still do this for clusters, but most of the large centers have stopped.
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Re: Treatment on OUCH remove it or??
« Reply #2 on: Jul 22nd, 2005, 8:30am » |
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I posted another thread on the general board and wanted to mention it here too. The authors advise us to always remain critical of findings.
One third of all research studies yield inaccurate results.
http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=general;acti on=display;num=1122025342
OUCH isn't alone as there are many websites stating gamma knife surgery as a possible treatment pointing to the same 1998 study. It's a shame, that it didn't work out for us.
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