Gamma Knife surgery for trigeminal schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 839-845

  Sheehan, Jason ^a   Chun, Po Yen ^a   Arkha, Yasser ^a   Schlesinger, David ^a   Steiner, Ladislau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife surgery; Neurofibromatosis; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 34247895605     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.5.839     Document Type: Article

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