Longterm outcomes of Gamma Knife radiosurgery for classic trigeminal neuralgia: Implications of treatment and critical review of the literature - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Dhople, Anil A ^a   Adams, Jared R ^a   Maggio, William W ^a   Naqvi, Shahid A ^a   Regine, William F ^a   Kwok, Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 68849094076     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS08977     Document Type: Article

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