Review of the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with gamma knife radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-146

  Guo, Susan ^a   Chao, Samuel T ^b   Reuther, Alwyn M ^b   Barnett, Gene H ^b   Suh, John H ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Gamma Knife Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Gamma knife; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

AGEUSIA; ANALGESIA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; DRY EYE; DYSESTHESIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL PARESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUORRHEA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 43649098032     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000120425     Document Type: Review

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