Prospective comparison of posterior fossa exploration and stereotactic radiosurgery dorsal root entry zone target as primary surgery for patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-638

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Schoeberl, Kimberly A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DORSAL ROOT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA EXPLORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 77956183490     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000377861.14650.98     Document Type: Article

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