Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Treating tic pain is gratifying to the neurosurgeon, because every modern treatment is very effective…the question for the patient is how long is it effective and at what cost ?
Consider these issues when deciding your best treatment….
Treatment of Tic Pain:
What is the Gamma Knife ?
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One of the first patients treated by radiosurgery was treated by Professor Leksell for tic pain.
Since 1993 neurosurgeons have added the gamma knife to the list of effective surgical remedies for the pain of trigeminal neuralgia
How is radiosurgery performed?
Measurements of head are made by our nurse. . .
The patient’s head frame is fixed to the collimator which focuses the 201 gamma ray beams to the trigeminal nerve. . .
Results . . . .
SD Gamma Knife Experience
The issues . . . . .
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