Stereotactic drainage and Gamma Knife radiosurgery of cystic brain metastasis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-267

  Franzin, Alberto ^a,b   Vimercati, Alberto ^a   Picozzi, Piero ^a   Serra, Carlo ^a   Snider, Silvia ^a   Gioia, Lorenzo ^a   Da Passano, Camillo Ferrari ^a   Bolognesi, Angelo ^a   Giovanelli, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystic brain metastasis; Gamma Knife surgery; Stereotactic drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 51449102505     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/8/0259     Document Type: Article

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