Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-47

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiosurgery; Trigeminal nerve; Tringeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0036163762     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200201000-00007     Document Type: Article

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