Author Archives: thebraincentre

Categories Brain Metastasis

Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery with and without whole-brain radiotherapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed brain metastases.

J Neurosurg. 2014;121 Suppl:84–90.
Hall MD, McGee JL, McGee MC, Hall KA, Neils DM, Klopfenstein JD, Elwood PW.

Objective
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone is increasingly used in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases. Stereotactic radiosurgery used together with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) reduces intracranial failure rates, but this combination also causes greater neurocognitive ...
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Categories Brain Metastasis

A cost comparative study of gamma knife radiosurgery versus open surgery for intracranial pathology

J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22(1):184–8.
Caruso JP, Moosa S, Fezeu F, Ramesh A, Sheehan JP.

Aims
Stereotactic radiosurgery is increasingly used to treat multiple (four or more) brain metastases. Preserving cognitive functions is a highly relevant treatment goal because cognitive deteriorations may negatively affect a patient’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to ...
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Categories Vestibular Schwannoma

Gamma Knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas and quality of life evaluation

Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017;95(3):166–73. DOI: 10.1159/000472156. Epub 2017 May 23.
Berkowitz O, Han YY, Talbott EO, Iyer AK, Kano H, Kondziolka D, Brown MA, Lunsford LD.

Background
Further investigation is needed to look at the impact of vestibular schwannoma (VS) on the health-related quality of life (QOL) of participants who undergo Gamma Knife® radiosurgery (GKRS) ...
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Categories Vestibular Schwannoma

Comparing costs of microsurgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

J Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 9;1–10. DOI: 10.3171/2018.5.JNS18508.
Schnurman Z, Golfinos JG, Epstein D, Friedmann DR, Roland JI, Kondziolka D.

Objective
Given rising scrutiny of healthcare expenditures, understanding intervention costs is increasingly important. This study aimed to compare and characterize costs for vestibular schwannoma (VS) management with microsurgery and radiosurgery to inform practice decisions and appraise ...
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