Radiosurgery for non-malignant diseases
By: Dr. Alejandro Blanco Saborio
Radiosurgery or SRS For its acronym in English, it is a concept devised by Neurosurgeon and Professor Lars Leksell in 1952, however, the first treatment could not be performed until the 60's, when the idea of using radiation to produce a change in a tissue, this idea was quickly transferred to tumors located in the central nervous system (CNS).
In our time, the use of this “energy” instrument has revolutionized the management of non-malignant tumors, Like the Meningiomas, Schwannomas, Pituitary adenomas, where it has demonstrated tumor control rates superior to 90% at 10 or more years of follow-up.
Another field of much research, functional disorders, like pain, the most frequent representative of them is Trigeminal Neuralgia, where in patients refractory to drugs or do not qualify or desire microvascular decompression surgery (when we talk about classic Neuralgia) Radiosurgery could provide relief to users. There is a lot of research currently on the different “targets” that could be useful for relief, we hope that we will soon have more studies on this.
Finally, in the area of neuro-vascular, Radiosurgery is considered the best therapy for arteriovenous malformations or cavernous angiomas, non-surgical due to eloquent or deep location.
Today, advances in engineering, computing and artificial intelligence contribute enormously to this technique continuing to gain more and more space in modern life in Neuro-Oncology, Neurovascular and functional disorders in the CNS.
Equipment
First world.
At the Siglo XXI Radiotherapy Medical Center we have cutting-edge technology for the application of cranial and body radiosurgery. The implementation of artificial intelligence tools such as our Elements planning software in conjunction with our Brainlab ExacTrac equipment – real-time monitoring – allows us to provide the best possible treatment scheme.
This, added to the human resource with the most experience in the country in radiosurgery issues: highly trained personnel, in constant training and in constant review of protocols for the application of the best treatments.
