title: Initial experience with gamma knife radiosurgery for advanced glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors assessed the affect of gamma knife radiosurgery on patients with glaucoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen eyes in 14 patients were treated with gamma knife radiosurgery during a 14-month period. Ocular pain was alleviated in all patients and intraocular pressure was decreased. There were no early side effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further studies are needed to elucidate the best treatment parameters, long-term results, and some of the pathophysiological effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stereotactic and Radiation Neurosurgery, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. vilibald.vladyka@homolka.cz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vladyka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liscàk
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Subrt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vymazal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilbauer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hejduková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nemec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D016634:Radiosurgery