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Conclusions: Gamma Knife surgery affords a favorable risk-to-benefit profile for patients harboring trigeminal schwannomas.
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Larger studies with open-ended follow-up review will be necessary to determine the long-term results and complications of GKS in the treatment of trigeminal schwannomas.
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More recently, neurosurgeons have begun to use radiosurgery in the treatment of trigeminal schwannomas because of its successful use in the treatment of vestibular schwannomas.
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Methods: Twenty-six patients with trigeminal schwannomas underwent GKS at the University of Virginia Lars Leksell Gamma Knife Center between 1989 and 2005.