|
Craniophayrngiomas |
|
1.
Twenty treated |
|
2.
All feeling better |
|
3.
Good school results. |
|
4.
Intensive ongoing follow up |
|
Glomus
Tumor |
|
1.
Twelve treated |
|
2.
One unchanged 11 feeling better |
|
3.
Again improvement before tumour shrinks |
|
Pilocytic
Astrocytoma |
|
1.
Eleven treated |
|
2.
Nine have shrunk |
|
3.
In 7 patient feels better rest unchanged |
|
Neurofibromatosis 2 |
|
1.
Hereditary illness |
|
2.
Tumours on both having nerves |
3.
Aims to treatment
a.
Control tumour
b.
Preserve hearing if possible |
4.
Eight patients treated
a. 6
with useful hearing |
|
5.
All 6 with useful hearing have retained
it |
6.
Two children found of these patients
found
to have the tumours
a. Easy
and safe to treat while the
tumours are so tiny. With luck
should have normal hearing |
|
|
Common
Conditions Results |
|
Arteriovenous
Malformation |
|
#Treated |
%Occluded at
6 months intervals |
|
55 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
24 |
| |
9.5 |
20 |
63.6 |
87.5 |
|
|
Acoustic
Neuroma |
|
# |
Necrotic |
Size same |
Smaller |
Grown |
|
65 |
86.5% |
78.5% |
20% |
0 |
|
|
Meningioma |
| |
Appearance |
Symptoms |
|
# |
Necrotic |
Size same |
Smaller |
Grown |
|
151 |
77 |
23 |
72 |
79 |
|
|
Proloctinoma |
|
# |
Normal PRL |
Periods |
Potency better |
|
15 |
10 |
5/8 |
4/7 |
|
|
|
Occlusion is the treatment aim. These
are expected results at this stage. Over
80% at 2 years is very good. |
If Necrosis occurs the tumour is
permanently controlled. Shrinkage is
slow and increases with time. |
|
Symptoms improve before tumour
shrinkage. Even so smaller tumour have
even fewer symptoms. These are promising
results at this stage. All tumours are
controlled so far. |
This is
high success rate for after a short
follow up time.
The secret is using medicine after gamma
knife to improve the effects. |
|
