Cost-effectiveness analysis for trigeminal neuralgia: Cyberknife vs microvascular decompression

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 647-652

  Tarricone, Rossana ^a   Aguzzi, Giovanni ^a   Musi, Francesco ^a   Fariselli, Laura ^b   Casasco, Andrea ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Cyberknife; Decision making; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RHIZOTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 47849128352     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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