Salvage Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Surgically Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 522-527

  Little, Andrew S ^a   Shetter, Andrew G ^a   Shetter, Mary E ^a   Kakarla, Udaya K ^a   Rogers, C Leland ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Gamma West   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial pain; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Microvascular decompression; Tic douloureux; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

FACIAL PAIN; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; TIC DOULOUREUX; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

PATIENT MONITORING; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; CHRONIC PAIN; CORNEA REFLEX; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 67349268450     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.048     Document Type: Article

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