Gamma knife surgery for refractory postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia: Targeting in one session both the retrogasserian trigeminal nerve and the centromedian nucleus of the thalamus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 276-282

  Keep, Marcus F ^a   DeMare, Paul A ^b   Ashby, Lynn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Centromedian nucleus; Gamma knife surgery; Postherpetic neuralgia; Thalamus; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; CASE REPORT; HERPES ZOSTER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 13744258699     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0276     Document Type: Article

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