Patient satisfaction after surgery for trigeminal neuralgia - Development of a questionnaire

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 925-932

  Zakrzewska, J M ^a   Lopez, B C ^b   Kim, S E ^c   Varian, E A ^d   Coakham, H B ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Posterior fossa surgery; Satisfaction survey; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGEON; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 23844510888     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0575-6     Document Type: Article

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