Galicich W E, Hall W A, Cho K
Fairview-University Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA.
Minn Med. 1997 Sep;80(9):18-22.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is the precise delivery of a single dose of radiation to a well-defined intracranial volume. The radiation field is contoured to encompass the entire pathologic entity. Radiosurgery is used to treat a wide variety of neurological diseases as either primary or adjuvant therapy. It is a noninvasive and sometimes curative treatment for some brain tumors and inoperable arteriovenous malformations. Radiosurgery can also be used for inaccessible benign neoplasms or in medically unstable patients unable to withstand surgery. This article reviews the literature pertaining to stereotactic radiosurgery and includes our preliminary data from radiosurgery treatments at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic (now Fairview-University Medical Center).
立体定向放射外科是将单剂量辐射精确地投送至明确界定的颅内区域。辐射野的轮廓被设定为覆盖整个病变实体。放射外科作为主要或辅助治疗手段，用于治疗多种神经系统疾病。对于某些脑肿瘤和无法手术的动静脉畸形，它是一种非侵入性且有时具有治愈性的治疗方法。放射外科还可用于难以触及的良性肿瘤或因医学原因不稳定而无法耐受手术的患者。本文回顾了与立体定向放射外科相关的文献，并纳入了我们在明尼苏达大学医院及诊所（现为费尔维尤大学医学中心）进行放射外科治疗的初步数据。
