Gamma Knife surgery and trigeminal schwannoma: Is it possible to preserve cranial nerve function?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 727-732

  Ji, Hoon Phi ^b   Sun, Ha Paek ^b   Chung, Hyun Tai ^b   Sang, Soon Jeong ^b   Park, Chul Kee ^b   Jung, Hee Won ^b   Dong, Gyu Kim ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Gamma Knife surgery; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 35148838907     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/10/0727     Document Type: Article

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