Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: A multiinstitutional study using the gamma unit

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 940-945

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^b   Flickinger, John C ^b   Young, Ronald F ^b   Vermeulen, Sandra ^b   Duma, Christopher M ^b   Jacques, Deane B ^b   Rand, Robert W ^b   Regis, Jean ^b   Peragut, Jean Claude ^b   Manera, Luis ^b   Epstein, Mel H ^b   Lindquist, Christer ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

facial pain; stereotactic radiosurgery; tic douloureux; trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 15844390394     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.6.0940     Document Type: Article

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