2017
Laser Thermal Ablation for Metastases Failing Radiosurgery: A Multicentered Retrospective Study
Chaunzwa TL, Deng D, Leuthardt EC, Tatter SB, Mohammadi AM, Barnett GH, Chiang VL. Laser Thermal Ablation for Metastases Failing Radiosurgery: A Multicentered Retrospective Study. Neurosurgery 2017, 82: 56-63. PMID: 28419284, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyx142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiosurgical failureRadiation necrosisTumor regrowthAblation therapyFluid-attenuated inversion recovery signalTreatment factorsMulticentered retrospective studyKarnofsky performance statusMetastatic brain lesionsThermal ablation therapyLow complication rateTraditional treatment optionsTreatment of metastasesInversion recovery signalLaser thermal ablationBrain metastasesPreoperative symptomsComplication ratePerformance statusSymptomatic improvementSymptomatic reliefPerilesional edemaRetrospective studySurgical dataTreatment options
2010
Biochemical and clinical responses after treatment of a catecholamine‐secreting glomus jugulare tumor with gamma knife radiosurgery
Castrucci WA, Chiang VL, Hulinsky I, Knisely JP. Biochemical and clinical responses after treatment of a catecholamine‐secreting glomus jugulare tumor with gamma knife radiosurgery. Head & Neck 2010, 32: 1720-1727. PMID: 19787788, DOI: 10.1002/hed.21242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomus jugulare tumorsGamma knife radiosurgeryJugulare tumorsKnife radiosurgeryFunctional capacitySingle-fraction gamma knife radiosurgeryTumor growthMinimal treatment-related morbidityPrimary radiation therapyTreatment-related morbiditySignificant symptomatic improvementLocal tumor growthCatecholamine blockadeHypertensive crisisSymptomatic improvementClinical responseCatecholamine levelsPharmacologic blockadeRadiation therapyDurable controlRadiosurgeryBlockadeTumorsTreatmentMorbidity