radiosurgery
Noun
Meaning
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radiosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural radiosurgeries)
(surgery) The use of a directed beam of X-rays or other ionizing radiation to destroy diseased tissue.
Examples
Grade 4 and 5 AVMs are not usually surgically treated. citation Radiosurgery has been widely used on small AVMs with considerable success.
AVM-specific treatment may also involve endovascular embolization, neurosurgery or radiosurgery.
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is when doctors use a single or several stereotactic radiation treatments of the brain or spine.
Radiosurgery is a treatment method that uses computerized calculations to focus radiation at the site of the tumor while minimizing the radiation dose to the surrounding brain.
Radiosurgery is itself not without risk.
Radiosurgery may be an adjunct to other treatments, or it may represent the primary treatment technique for some tumors.