LINAC radiosurgery for intracranial cavernous malformation: 10-year experience

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 750-756

  Huang, Yin Cheng ^a   Tseng, Chen Kan ^a   Chang, Cheng Nen ^a   Wei, Kuo Cheng ^a   Liao, Cheng Chih ^a   Hsu, Peng Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cavernous hemangioma; Cavernous malformation; Gamma knife; LINAC; Radiosurgery; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750702517     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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