Link Michael J, Driscoll Colin L W, Foote Robert L, Pollock Bruce E
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2012 Apr;45(2):353-66, viii-ix. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.12.006.
This article describes in detail the uses of and distinctions between stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for vestibular schwannoma (VS). The authors discuss devices and techniques used in SRS and SRT and, additionally, present readers the approach used by surgeons at Mayo Clinic. They discuss indications and results for both approaches in patients with vestibular schwannoma. Treatment of small and large tumors is discussed, along with cystic tumors and NF2-associated VS. Repeating SRS for vestibular schwannoma is also mentioned.
本文详细描述了立体定向放射外科(SRS)和立体定向放射治疗(SRT)在前庭神经鞘瘤(VS)治疗中的应用及区别。作者讨论了SRS和SRT所使用的设备与技术,此外,还向读者介绍了梅奥诊所外科医生采用的方法。他们讨论了前庭神经鞘瘤患者两种治疗方法的适应症和治疗结果。文中还讨论了大小肿瘤、囊性肿瘤以及与神经纤维瘤病2型(NF2)相关的VS的治疗情况。同时也提到了对前庭神经鞘瘤重复进行SRS治疗的情况。