Delayed cyst formation after gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-694

  Ishikawa, Eiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^b   Saito, Atsushi ^c   Kujiraoka, Yuji ^c   Iijima, Tatsuo ^c   Akutsu, Hiroyoshi ^a   Matsumura, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Complication; Delayed cyst; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349730274     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000351771.46273.22     Document Type: Article

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