Linac radiosurgery as a tool in neurosurgery

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Deinsberger, R ^a,b   Tidstrand, J ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; LINAC radiosurgery; Microsurgery; Skull base meningiomas

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GAMMA RADIATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444393557     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-005-0376-7     Document Type: Review

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