Complications of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with brain metastases: Considerations for deep and functional brain tumor locations

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-91

  Suki, Dima ^a   Lang, Frederick F ^a   Maldaun, Marcos V C ^b   Abouassi, Hiba ^a   Chang, Eric L ^a   De Aguiar, Paulo H P ^b   Sawaya, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Complications; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTAXIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249081697     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3180330b01     Document Type: Review

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