Multimodality treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: Impact of radiosurgery and high resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Aryan, Henry E ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Lu, Daniel C ^b   Alksne, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular decompression; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Tic douloureux; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33644510143     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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