Radiosurgery of epidermoid tumors with gamma knife: Possibility of radiosurgical nerve decompression

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Kida, Yoshihisa ^a   Yoshimoto, Masayuki ^a   Hasegawa, Toshinori ^a   Fujitani, Shigeru ^a  

^a KOMAKI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermoid tumor; Facial spasm; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE; DETERIORATION; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXFOLIATINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33645717181     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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