CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgical rhizotomy for refractory trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1449-1453

  Tang, Chi Tun ^a   Chang, Steven D ^b   Tseng, Kuan Yin ^a   Liu, Ming Ying ^a   Ju, Da Tong ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Dysesthesia; Rhizotomy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOTOMY; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOSURGERY; RHIZOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 80053576727     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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