Long-term pain response and quality of life in patients with typical trigeminal neuralgia treated with gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 915-923

  Little, Andrew S ^a   Shetter, Andrew G ^a   Shetter, Mary E ^a   Bay, Curt ^b   Rogers, C Leland ^c  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Barrow Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Barrow neurological institute pain score; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Tic douloureux trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE PAIN INTENSITY SCORE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 57649140496     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000327689.05823.28     Document Type: Article

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