title: Visual changes after gamma knife surgery for optic nerve tumors. Report of three cases.
abstract: Tumors involving the optic nerve (optic glioma, optic nerve sheath meningioma) are benign but difficult to treat. Gamma knife surgery (GKS) may be a useful treatment. The authors present data obtained in three such cases and record the effects of GKS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jun Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Jae Myung
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soon Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Jeong Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung Duk
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kwun
authors.forename: Jung Kyo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D047368:Tumor Burden / Q000528:radiation effects; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology