Brain Pathology

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Stereotactic radiosurgery allows the administration of high radiation doses in a specific intracraneal volume, whilst the healthy neighbouring areas are not subjected to significant doses.

Indications

Treatment of:

- Small sized intracraneal arteriovenous malformations.
- Small sized intracraneal benign tumours: neurinomas, miningiomas, hypophysiary adenomas.
- Small malignant tumours.

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

Advantages

- This procedure can be carried out in a few hours with one or two day in-patient stay.
- General anaesthesia is only demanded in children.
- EOnce finished the patient can continue his/her routine.
- Excellent results and minimal side effects.

Interdisciplinary team

Specialists in:

- Radiotherapic oncology.
- Neurosurgery.
- Neuroradiology.
- Radiophysics.
- Specialised nurses.