Constant face pain in typical trigeminal neuralgia and response to gamma knife radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-128

  Brisman, Ronald ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Constant face pain; Face pain; Gamma Knife radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia; Typical trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTANT FACE PAIN; GAMMA KNIFE; HEADACHE CLASSIFICATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEADACHE SOCIETY; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN;

AGED; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 84872790477     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343206     Document Type: Article

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