Linear accelerator radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1193-1199

  Richards, Gregory M ^a   Bradley, Kristin A ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a   Bentzen, Søren M ^a   Resnick, Daniel K ^a   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Linear accelerator; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KERATOPATHY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 29244438202     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000186015.01179.70     Document Type: Article

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