Acute complications following gamma knife radiosurgery are rare

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 498-502

  Chin, Lawrence S ^a   Lazio, Barbara E ^a   Biggins, Terri ^a   Amin, Pradip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034121772     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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