Gamma knife surgery for craniopharyngioma

D Prasad; M Steiner; L Steiner

doi:10.1007/BF01417685

Gamma knife surgery for craniopharyngioma

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1995;134(3-4):167-76. doi: 10.1007/BF01417685.

Authors

D Prasad¹, M Steiner, L Steiner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.

PMID: 8748777
DOI: 10.1007/BF01417685

Abstract

We present our results of Gamma Knife surgery for craniopharyngioma in nine patients. The current status of surgery, radiation therapy, intracavitary instillation of radionucleides and Gamma Knife surgery in the management of craniopharyngiomas is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Brain Neoplasms / pathology
Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Child
Child, Preschool
Craniopharyngioma / pathology
Craniopharyngioma / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Radiosurgery
Treatment Outcome