Long-term results of gamma knife radiosurgery for 100 consecutive cases of craniopharyngioma and a treatment strategy [0.03%]
伽玛刀放射外科治疗颅咽管瘤100例的长期结果及治疗策略
Tatsuya Kobayashi
Tatsuya Kobayashi
A new treatment strategy using the gamma knife is proposed, based on evaluation of long-term results of gamma knife radiosurgery for residual or recurrent craniopharyngioma after microsurgery. A total of 98 of 107 patients were followed up ...
Case Reports
Progress in neurological surgery. 2009:22:63-76. DOI:10.1159/000163383 2009
Seiji Fukuoka,Masami Takanashi,Atsufumi Hojyo et al.
Seiji Fukuoka et al.
The purpose of this study was to analyze tumor control and possible complications of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) in patients with vestibular schwannomas using low marginal doses and conformal multiple shots to fit irregular tumor shapes...
Yoshihisa Kida
Yoshihisa Kida
The early results of radiosurgery for dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) are reported. Thirteen cases of DAVF, 9 males and 4 females, ranging in age from 39 to 74 years (mean 54.3), are presented. None underwent surgical resection, but 7 of...
Case Reports
Progress in neurological surgery. 2009:22:38-44. DOI:10.1159/000163381 2009
Radiosurgery for cavernous malformations in basal ganglia, thalamus and brainstem [0.03%]
海绵状血管畸形的放射外科治疗（基底节、丘脑和脑干）
Yoshihisa Kida
Yoshihisa Kida
Long-term results of radiosurgery for cavernous malformations in basal ganglia and the brainstem are presented. Eighty-four cases, 50 males and 34 females, ranging in age from 10 to 68 years (mean: 38.2 years) are described. The lesions wer...
Gamma knife radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: the Furukawa experience [0.03%]
放射外科手术治疗动静脉畸形(Furukawa经验)
Hidefumi Jokura,Jun Kawagishi,Kazuyuki Sugai et al.
Hidefumi Jokura et al.
The Furukawa experience treating 534 patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations using gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is summarized. By repeating radiosurgery for any residual nidus after the first GKRS, the rates of cumulative comp...
Dose selection for optimal treatment results and avoidance of complications [0.03%]
剂量选择以获得最佳治疗效果并避免并发症
Hisato Nagano,Satoshi Nakayama,Takashi Shuto et al.
Hisato Nagano et al.
What is the optimal treatment for metastatic brain tumors (MBTs)? We present our experience with gamma knife (GK) treatments for patients with five or more MBTs. Our new formula for predicting patient survival time (ST), which was derived b...
Stephen Otto
Stephen Otto
The Leksell GammaKnife has been received well by the medical community since its introduction at Tokyo University Hospital in late 1989. Knowledgeable users, working with the Elekta Company and with foreign GammaKnife users, have contribute...
Douglas Kondziolka,L Dade Lunsford
Douglas Kondziolka
Management options for patients with vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas) include observation, resection, stereotactic radiosurgery, or fractionated radiotherapy. In this report, we review our experience with radiosurgery over a 20-ye...
John C Flickinger,Steven Burton
John C Flickinger
Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is an attractive, low-morbidity alternative to surgical resection for managing cranial nerve schwannomas. So far, the outcomes reported from fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy seem roughly equivale...
William A Friedman
William A Friedman
Linear accelerator (LINAC) radiosurgery was developed in the 1980s. The treatment paradigm uses the rotating high-energy X-ray output of the LINAC to focus many hundreds of 'beam equivalents' on intracranial or spinal targets. At the Univer...