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gamma knife radiosurgery (stereotactic radiosurgery)

Stereotactic radiosurgery using a focused high dose of radiation to a precisely-defined volume of tissue in a single treatment. Indications: 1) acoustic neuroma 2) trigeminal neuralgia 3) anaplastic astrocytoma

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laser surgery (radiosurgery)

References

  1. Journal Watch 21(5):43, 2001 Flickenger et al J Neurosurg 94:1, 2001 Maesawa et al J Neurosurg 94:14, 2001
  2. Harrison's Online, Chapter 370, McGraw-Hill, 2002