Percutaneous stereotactic radiofrequency thermal rhizotomy for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 288-299

  Mathews, Ernest S ^a   Scrivani, Steven J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Radiofrequency thermal rhizotomy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0034266984     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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