Published May 1990 | Version v1
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Proton-beam stereotaxic therapy for treatment of epilepsy in cerebral arteriovenous aneurysms

Creators

  • 1. Leningradskij Inst. Usovershenstvovaniya Vrachej, Leningrad (USSR)
  • 2. Leningradskij Nauchno-Issledovatel'skij Nejrokhirurgicheskij Inst., Leningrad (USSR)
  • 3. Tsentral'nyj Nauchno-Issledovatel'skij Rentgeno-Radiologicheskij Inst., Leningrad (USSR)

Description

The authors estimated the influence of proton-beam stereotaxic therapy on a course of epileptic fits in cerebral arteriovenous aneurysms (AVA). A stable disappearance of epileptic fits were noted in 16 of 29 patients (56 %), in 12 of them (41 %) positive angiography results were noted. The calculated D-bar and V fields of irradiation for 16 patients without fits and for 13 patients with epileptic fits after proton-beam stereotaxic therapy have shown that with D-bar being the same, the effect depends upon a fraction of an AVA irradiated area

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Протонная стереотаксическая терапия эпилепсии при артериовенозных аневризмах головного мозга

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Meditsinskaya Radiologiya
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
5
Series
Med. Radiol.
Journal Page Range
3-5
ISSN
0025-8334
CODEN
MERAA

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
USSR
INIS RN
22043510
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BRAIN; DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EPILEPSY; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PATIENTS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASES; DISTRIBUTION; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NUCLEON BEAMS; ORGANS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERAPY