Definition: A radiological stereotactic technique developed for cutting or destroying tissue by high doses of radiation in place of surgical incisions. It was originally developed for neurosurgery on structures in the brain and its use gradually spread to radiation surgery on extracranial structures as well. The usual rigid needles or probes of stereotactic surgery are replaced with beams of ionizing radiation directed toward a target so as to achieve local tissue destruction.
a specific type of surgery; do not confuse with COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY using surgery + radiotherapy; coordinate IM with disease /surg (IM), not /radiother; gamma knife, CyberKnife & linear accelerator: index under RADIOSURGERY /instrum & do not coordi
See AlsoRadiotherapy, Conformal
Other names Stereotactic Radiosurgery; Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy; Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery; Gamma Knife Radiosurgery; Stereotactic Radiosurgeries; Stereotactic Body Radiotherapies; Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Body; Radiotherapies, Stereotactic Body; Radiosurgery, CyberKnife; Radiosurgeries, Stereotactic; Radiosurgeries, Linear Accelerator; Radiosurgeries, Linac; Radiosurgeries, LINAC; Radiosurgeries, Gamma Knife; Radiosurgeries, CyberKnife; Linear Accelerator Radiosurgeries; Gamma Knife Radiosurgeries; CyberKnife Radiosurgeries; Body Radiotherapy, Stereotactic; Body Radiotherapies, Stereotactic
