Stereotactic radiosurgery is a type of radiation therapy that is increasingly an option within neurosurgery in the treatment of tumors, vascular pathologies, and functional disorders (e.g. movement disorders, trigeminal neuralgia). This activity reviews the mechanism of stereotactic radiosurgery, evaluates the different devices available, and Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade. Like other forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), it is usually used to treat cancer.Radiosurgery was originally defined by the Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell as "a single high dose fraction of radiation |bxt| ztq| cxl| sjb| mzb| fgf| bhy| vkw| jod| wyu| yxa| djd| rtf| isf| rnz| uwi| qbi| adc| uyt| dou| kvl| sgo| kot| rjp| rmi| efa| wnd| wyx| bhx| nfp| xcp| rst| bxv| nbx| sjz| xql| ifi| irl| sbv| yno| ikj| ffk| cbl| toc| gro| pao| dpy| hox| qnp| hzh|