Radiosurgery for neurosurgical diseases (by the 20th anniversary of neuroradiosurgery in Russia)

Stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery have been shown to be highly effective treatments with minimal complications and adverse reactions for meningiomas, neurinomas, glomus tumors, hemangioblastomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, pilocytic astrocytomas, recurrent high-grade gliomas, secondary metastatic tumors and melanoma; AVM and dural fistula; trigeminal neuralgia, and other diseases with high socioeconomic impacts. These results indicate the role of stereotactic irradiation in the treatment of neurosurgical patients today and allow for revision of existing neurosurgical treatment standards.