Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: comparing the use of a 4-mm versus concentric 4- and 8-mm collimators.

Purpose: Gamma knife (GK) radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) has been effective in 50–80% of cases when using a single 4-mm collimator and a maximum dose of 60–90 Gy. Attemp

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