Links to information about stereotactic radiosurgery for brain and pituitary tumors, vascular malformations (AVM), and movement disorders including Parkinson's Disease and tremor.

• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery--Opening the Door to Outpatient Brain Surgery. An article describing the experience of having a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM) treated with the Gamma Knife.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for brain metastases from other tumors such as those arising in the breast, lung, kidney, melanoma or colon.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia.
• An article on Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for a Brain Tumors.
• Wake Forest University Gamma Knife Center FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Real Video presentation on Gamma Knife Radiosurgery from the University of Pittsburgh.
• Articles from the first Gamma Knife Unit in the United States (Pittsburgh, opened in 1989):
  • Long-Term Outcomes after Meningioma Radiosurgery: Physician and Patient Perspectives. Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., FRCS(C), Elad I. Levy, M.D., Ajay Niranjan, M.Ch., John C. Flickinger, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., FRCS(C), L. Dade Lunsford, M.D., John C. Flickinger, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Long-Term Outcomes After Radiosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas. Published in The New England Journal of Medicine 339(20): 1426-1433, 1998
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery Plus Whole Brain Radiotherapy versus Radiotherapy Alone for Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases. Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., FRCS(C), Atul Patel, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D., Amin Kassam, M.D., FRCS(C), John C. Flickinger, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Decision Making for Patients with Multiple Brain Metastases: Radiosurgery, Radiotherapy, or Resection? Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., FRCS(C), Atul Patel, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D., John C. Flickinger, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Hemangioblastomas of the Brain. Ajay Jawahar, M.S., Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., Yolanda I. Garces, M.D., John C. Flickinger, M.D., Bruce E. Pollock, M.D., and L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. Published in Acta Neurochirurgica 142:641-645, 2000.
  • Clinical Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery For Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia Satoshi Maesawa, M.D., Camille Salame, M.D., John C. Flickinger, M.D., Stephen Pirris, B.S., Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery (UIowa)
• The Gamma Knife Treatment Procedure
  • Choose a link below to see the simple, painless and straightforward treatment procedure and a description of the patient experience before, during and after Gamma Knife® Surgery from Elekta, Inc.

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• A history of radiosurgery with emphasis on early uses of particle beams
• A comparison of Gamma Knife®, Stereotactic-LINAC, and Proton-beam radiosurgery.
• The International Radiosurgery Support Association Homepage.
• Also see the Yahoo®: Radiosurgery Web Index

Other sources of information about treatment of brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and movement disorders including Parkinson's Disease and tremor:

• The Wake Forest Neurosurgery Brain Tumor Index has more information on the treatment of tumors of the brain or spine and support for patients, family, and other caregivers.
• The Wake Forest Neurosurgery Meningioma Index has more information on the treatment of benign tumors of the brain or spine such as meningioma and hemangioblastoma.
• The Wake Forest Neurosurgery Parkinson's Disease/Tremor Index has more information on the treatment of movement disorders.
• The Wake Forest Neurosurgery Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Index Homepage has more information on the treatment of arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spine.
• Wake Forest Neurosurgery Cranial Base / Acoustic Neuroma Index: Information on the treatment of tumors of the skull base, including cranial (e.g. acoustic or vestibular) nerve Schwannoma (neuroma).
• Wake Forest Neurosurgery Pituitary Tumor Index: Information on medical, surgical, and radiation therapy of pituitary adenomas.
• Wake Forest Neurosurgery Neurogenetics Index: Information on Neurofibromatosis type I (Von Recklinghausen's Disease), type II (bilateral vestibular schwannomatosis), Von Hippel-Lindau disease (hemangioblastoma) and tuberous sclerosis (subependymal giant cell astrocytoma).

There are a variety of different radiosurgery systems and three dimensional planning sysytems marketed. Information from companies and instituitions that make some of the systems currently in use are listed below:

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