Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgical thalamotomy for intractable tremor: A systematic review of the literature

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 296-301

  Campbell, Allison M ^a   Glover, Janis ^a   Chiang, Veronica L S ^a   Gerrard, Jason ^a   Yu, James B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Functional radiosurgery; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; EMBASE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GAIT DISORDER; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GAMMA KNIFE THALAMOTOMY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR LAUGHTER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION NECROSIS; SAFETY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927575184     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.01.013     Document Type: Review

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