Stereotactic interstitial radiosurgery with a miniature X-ray device in the minimally invasive treatment of selected tumors in the thalamus and the basal ganglia

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 202-213

  Gallina, Pasquale ^a   Francescon, Paolo ^b   Cavedon, Carlo ^b   Casamassima, Franco ^a   Mungai, Raffaello ^a   Perrini, Paolo ^a   Russo, Serenella ^a   Di Lorenzo, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain tumors; Interstitial radiosurgery; Minimally invasive therapy; Photon radiosurgery system; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THALAMIC DISEASES;

EID: 0043175186     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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