Visual changes after gamma knife surgery for optic nerve tumors. Report of three cases.
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Abstract
Tumors involving the optic nerve (optic glioma, optic nerve sheath meningioma) are benign but difficult to treat. Gamma knife surgery (GKS) may be a useful treatment. The authors present data obtained in three such cases and record the effects of GKS.
Medical subject headings
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms
- Exophthalmos
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma
- Optic Nerve Glioma
- Optic Nerve Neoplasms
- Postoperative Complications
- Radiosurgery
- Vision Disorders