Gamma Knife surgery for glossopharyngeal neuralgia: Report of 2 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Yomo, Shoji ^a   Arkha, Yasser ^a   Donnet, Anne ^a   Régis, Jean ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife surgery; Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Intractable pain; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63849215252     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.8.17641     Document Type: Article

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