Gamma knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: Improved initial response with two isocenters and increasing dose

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 185-188

  Alpert, Tracy E ^a   Chung, Chung T ^a,b   Mitchell, Lisa T ^a   Hodge, Charles J ^a   Montgomery, Craig T ^a   Bogart, Jeffrey A ^a   Kim, Daniel Y J ^a   Bassano, Daniel A ^a   Hahn, Seung S ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose escalation; Gamma knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE ROOT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 13744252621     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0185     Document Type: Article

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