Partial skull base tumour resection in combination with radiosurgery: an escape procedure or a reasonable solution of treatment?
Despite advancement in microsurgical techniques for skull base tumour surgery, approaches of this kind still represent a significant challenge for neurosurgeons due to the size of the tumour and its interference and proximity to important neural and vascular structures. After incomplete resection, gamma knife radiosurgery is becoming an alternative or adjunctive treatment option. In this article, some examples of our experience in combined treatment of the skull base tumours with surgical procedure and gamma knife therapy for the remaining tumour tissue are presented.
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.
Gorazd
G
Bunc
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia.
Janez
J
Ravnik
Department of Oncology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Maja
M
Ravnik
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia. tvelnar@hotmail.com.|Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. tvelnar@hotmail.com.
Tomaz
T
Velnar
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Radiosurgery; Residual tumour; Skull base; Surgery; Tumour resection