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History of stereotactic Radiotherapy II

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.

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)