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Gamma knife surgery to treat malignant brain tumors

1:32 | Neurology, Oncology, Radiology, Surgery

Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, Co-Director Riverside – UVA Gamma Knife, University of Virginia Health System, discusses gamma knife surgery for the treatment of malignant brain tumors, a procedure that has increased patients’ quality and length of life.

References and Resources
Williams BJ, Suki D, Fox BD, Pelloski CE, Maldaun MV, Sawaya RE, Lang FF, Rao G. Stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors: a comprehensive review of complications. J Neurosurg. 2009 Mar 20

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