Vascular complications after radiosurgery for meningiomas.
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.
Barami
Kaveh
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Memorial Neuroscience Center, Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, USA. kbarami@yahoo.com
Grow
Allison
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Brem
Steven
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Dagnew
Elias
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Sloan
Andrew E
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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*