Complications following gamma knife radiosurgery

Yong Gou Park; Sang Sup Chung; Dong Ik Kim; Jin Woo Chang; Jim Cho

doi:10.1159/000098785

Complications following gamma knife radiosurgery

Yong Gou Park, Sang Sup Chung, Dong Ik Kim, Jin Woo Chang, Jim Cho

Department of Neurosurgery

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Abstract

Between May 1992 and February 1994, 213 lesions in 183 consective patients were treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. During this period, we experienced 2 deaths, 1 directly and another indirectly related to irradiation. Nonfatal complications included 1 tumor bleeding, and 4 ventriculoperitoneal shunts had to be inserted due to aggravation of preexisting hydrocephalus. Radiation-induced imaging changes developed in 23.6% of the cases followed up for more than 6 months. Among 24 lesions of 8 cavernous hemangiomas, all 4 cases with lesions larger than 1.5 cm³ developed imaging changes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	239-248
Number of pages	10
Journal	Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000098785
Publication status	Published - 1995

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Clinical Neurology

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