title: Vascular complications after radiosurgery for meningiomas.
abstract: During the past 25 years, radiosurgery has evolved as a primary treatment modality for certain meningiomas when resection would be associated with high patient morbidity. In addition, radiosurgery is now routinely used as an adjunctive therapy for residual or recurrent meningiomas after surgical removal. In this review the authors summarize the vascular complications that occur after radiosurgery for meningiomas as well as experimental study data that give insight into the pathogenesis of this complication. These data may be useful when discussing with patients the risk/benefit ratio of choosing among conservative management, radiosurgery, and surgery.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Neuroscience Center, Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, USA. kbarami@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kaveh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barami
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grow
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brem
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dagnew
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*