AIM Effectiveness and safety of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for hemorrhagic brainstem cavernous malformations (BSCM) is still an unresolved problem. The purpose of this study was to assess treatment results of GKRS for hemorrhagic BSCMs. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective review was performed of patients with hemorrhagic BSCMs who were treated at the Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital GKRS uni...

RADIOSURGERY, a term introduced by the Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell, in 1951, refers to the destruction of a discrete target area in the brain using the precise delivery of a single, high dose of radiation through the intact skull. Subsequently the definition was modified to include in addition to destruction ‘the production of a desired biological effect’. Early research efforts determine...

MICROSURGERY OF VENTRICULAR LESIONS: AN EXPERIENCE WITH 309 PATIENTS Prof. Basant Kumar Misra, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India President Elect, World Federation of Skull Base Societies Secretary, WFNS Chairman, Education Committee, Asian Australian Society of Neurological Surgeons Past Pr...