Outcomes following single-treatment Gamma Knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia with a minimum 3-year follow-up

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 766-771

  Riesenburger, Ron I ^a   Hwang, Steven W ^a   Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Zerris, Vasilios ^b   Wu, Julian K ^a   Mahn, Kerry ^a   Mo Jr , Paul Kli ^c   Mignano, John ^a   Thompson, Clinton J ^d   Yao, Kevin C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University Health Science Center   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RHIZOTOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 77950634843     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.JNS081706     Document Type: Article

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