Efficacy and prognosis of trigeminal neuralgia treated with surgical excision or gamma knife surgery

Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences)

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 616-620

  Tang, Xiaogang ^a   Wang, Yanjin ^a   Shu, Zhicheng ^a,b   Hou, Yonghong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First People's Hospital of Huaihua   (China)

Author keywords

Effect; Gamma knife; Microvascular decompression; Prognosis; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84864553126     PISSN: 16727347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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