A microcosting study of microsurgery, LINAC radiosurgery, and gamma knife radiosurgery in meningioma patients

Outcomes of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Patients With Parasagittal Meningioma

Background & Aim: The treatment of Parasagittal Meningioma (PSM) is always a challenge, especially when the tumor has already invaded the critical structures like venous sinuses. This study aims at evaluating the outcomes of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) in patients with PSM. Methods and Materials/Patients: In this descriptive retrospective study, we reviewed the medical records of 61 patien...

Acute Hemorrhage Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to a Clival Meningioma.

BACKGROUND Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) is a primary treatment modality for small, surgically-challenging meningiomas of the skull base in carefully selected patients. Despite the overall low incidence of complications from this procedure, rare instances of hemorrhagic events following GKS have been reported. In fact, only a single, probable case of acute hemorrhage after GKS for a meningioma...

Radiosurgery--LINAC or gamma knife: 20 years of controversy revisited.

Long-Term Results of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Intracranial Meningioma

BACKGROUND The predominant treatment modality for meningioma is surgical resection. However, gamma knife radiosurgery is also an important treatment modality for meningioma that is small or cannot be completely removed because of its location. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness and long-term results of radiosurgical treatment for meningioma in our institution. METHODS We studied 62...

Linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery in patients with meningioma

BACKGROUND It was our purpose to analyze long-term clinical outcome and to identify prognostic factors after Linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (Linac-based FSRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with intracranial meningiomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 10/1995 and 03/2009, 297 patients with a median age of 59 years were treated with FSRT for intracranial men...