Does dose rate affect efficacy? The outcomes of 256 Gamma Knife surgery procedures for trigeminal neuralgia and other types of facial pain as they relate to the half-life of cobalt

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 730-735

  Balamucki, Christopher J ^a   Stieber, Volker W ^a   Ellis, Thomas L ^a   Tatter, Stephen B ^a   DeGuzman, Allan F ^a   McMullen, Kevin P ^a   Lovato, James ^a   Shaw, Edward G ^a   Ekstrand, Kenneth E ^a   Bourland, J Daniel ^a   Munley, Michael T ^a   Robbins, Michael ^a   Branch, Charles ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Gamma Knife surgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG HALF LIFE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33750700791     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.5.730     Document Type: Article

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