SBRT2015

Thus, he achieved a new non-invasive method of

destroying discrete anatomical regions within the

brain while minimizing the effect on the surrounding

tissues.

That unit was primarily intended for use in

functional brain surgery

for the section of deep

fiber tracts, as in the treatment of intractable pain

and movement disorders.

History of stereotactic Radiotherapy II

First surgery performed at Karolinska

on an

Acoustic schwannoma

in 1969

Pituitary tumors

(1969),

AVM

(1970),

Craniopharyngiomas, Meningiomas

(in 1976),

Metastases and skull base tumors

(in 1986)