Prospective controlled trial of gamma knife surgery for essential trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 913-924

  Régis, Jean ^a,b   Metellus, Philippe ^a   Hayashi, Motohiro ^a   Roussel, Philippe ^a   Donnet, Anne ^a   Bille Turc, Françoise ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Neurochirurgie Fonctionnelle et Stereotaxique   (France)

Author keywords

Dorsal root entry zone; Facial pain; Gamma; Knife surgery; Pain; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33744744683     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.913     Document Type: Article

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