CyberKnife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia treatment: A preliminary multicenter experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Villavicencio, Alan T ^a   Lim, Michael ^b   Burneikiene, Sigita ^a   Romanelli, Pantaleo ^b,c   Adler, John R ^b   McNeely, Lee ^d   Chang, Steven D ^b   Fariselli, Laura ^e   McIntyre, Melinda ^d   Bower, Regina ^b   Broggi, Giovanni ^e   Thramann, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a Boulder Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d Rocky Mountain CyberKnife Center   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Radiosurgical rhizotomy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal nerve; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHIZOTOMY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 42449124647     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317313.46826.dc     Document Type: Article

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