Gamma knife radiosurgery in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: Quality of life, outcomes, and complications

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Azar, Mazyar ^a   Yahyavi, Seyyed Taha ^a   Bitaraf, Mohammad Ali ^b   Gazik, Farid Kazemi ^a   Allahverdi, Mahmoud ^c   Shahbazi, Samina ^c   Alikhani, Mazdak ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iran Gamma Knife Centre (IGKC)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complication; Gamma knife; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Radiosurgery; Tic Douloureux; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 58349090610     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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