Radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: Past, present, and future

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-180

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

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

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 22244492613     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200309030-00010     Document Type: Article

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