Nuclear magnetic resonance, real-time and A-scan ultrasonography, and computerized CO2 lasers were recently introduced for diagnosis and surgical treatment of brainstem tumors. These new technologies offer many advantages: safe but aggressive surgery on the brainstem, the possibility of performing a correct histologic diagnosis, and an exact indication for radiotherapy. Eleven tumors were operated on in our series: seven were intrinsic and four protruded out from the axis. Patients with high-grade malignant tumors died from 5 to 12 months after treatment, whereas those with pilocytic astrocytoma are still alive and leading useful lives.
The effects of new technologies on the surgical management of brainstem tumors.
LANOTTE, Michele Maria Rosario
1986-01-01
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance, real-time and A-scan ultrasonography, and computerized CO2 lasers were recently introduced for diagnosis and surgical treatment of brainstem tumors. These new technologies offer many advantages: safe but aggressive surgery on the brainstem, the possibility of performing a correct histologic diagnosis, and an exact indication for radiotherapy. Eleven tumors were operated on in our series: seven were intrinsic and four protruded out from the axis. Patients with high-grade malignant tumors died from 5 to 12 months after treatment, whereas those with pilocytic astrocytoma are still alive and leading useful lives.
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