TY - JOUR
T1 - The evolution of stereotactic radiosurgery in neurosurgical practice
AU - Trifiletti, Daniel M.
AU - Ruiz-Garcia, Henry
AU - Quinones-Hinojosa, Alfredo
AU - Ramakrishna, Rohan
AU - Sheehan, Jason P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication was made possible through the support of the Eveleigh Family Career Development Award for Cancer Research at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Introduction: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was born in an attempt to treat complex intracranial pathologies in a fashion whereby open surgery would create unnecessary or excessive risk. To create this innovation, it was necessary to harness advances in other fields such as engineering, physics, radiology, and computer science. Methods: We review the history of SRS to provide context to today’s current state, as well as guide future advancement in the field. Results: Since time of Lars Leksell, the young Swedish neurosurgeon who pioneered the development of the SRS, the collegial and essential partnership between neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and physicists has given rise to radiosurgery as a prominent and successful tool in neurosurgical practice. Conclusion: We examine how neurosurgeons have helped foster the SRS evolution and how this evolution has impacted neurosurgical practice as well as that of radiation oncology and neuro-oncology.
AB - Introduction: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was born in an attempt to treat complex intracranial pathologies in a fashion whereby open surgery would create unnecessary or excessive risk. To create this innovation, it was necessary to harness advances in other fields such as engineering, physics, radiology, and computer science. Methods: We review the history of SRS to provide context to today’s current state, as well as guide future advancement in the field. Results: Since time of Lars Leksell, the young Swedish neurosurgeon who pioneered the development of the SRS, the collegial and essential partnership between neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and physicists has given rise to radiosurgery as a prominent and successful tool in neurosurgical practice. Conclusion: We examine how neurosurgeons have helped foster the SRS evolution and how this evolution has impacted neurosurgical practice as well as that of radiation oncology and neuro-oncology.
KW - Gamma knife
KW - History
KW - Lars leksell
KW - Neurosurgery
KW - Stereotactic radiosurgery
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U2 - 10.1007/s11060-020-03392-0
DO - 10.1007/s11060-020-03392-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33611711
AN - SCOPUS:85101291621
SN - 0167-594X
VL - 151
SP - 451
EP - 459
JO - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
IS - 3
ER -