Treatment of essential trigeminal neuralgia with gamma knife surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 29-33

  Urgosik, Dusan ^a   Liscak, Roman ^a   Novotny Jr , Josef ^a   Vymazal, Josef ^a   Vladyka, Vilibald ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Essential trigeminal neuralgia; Gamma knife surgery; Repeated treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODICITY; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIODICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 13744261783     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0029     Document Type: Article

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