Decision analysis of medical and surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia: How patient evaluations of benefits and risks affect the utility of treatment decisions

Pain

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-310

  Spatz, A L ^a   Zakrzewska, J M ^a   Kay, E J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon compression; Decision analysis; Decision making; Microvascular decompression; Percutaneous glycerol rhizolysis; Radiofrequency thermocoagulation; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

DRUG; GLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 34548487306     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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