Multimodality treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 197-201

  Amirnovin, Ramin ^a   Neimat, Joseph S ^a   Roberts, Jane A ^a   Eskandar, Emad N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Percutaneous rhizotomy; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHIZOTOMY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33645663547     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091083     Document Type: Article

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