Abstract
Objective To study the feasibility, preoperative evaluation, curative effect of gama-knife in the treatment of intractable epilepsy. Method The epileptic lesions of 37 intractable epilepsy patients were located by MRI, VEEG and MEG and were treated with gama-knife. The border dosage was 10～18 Gy/50% . Results The effective rate was 83. 8% acording to the operative taxonomy of international epileptology institute. The improvements of mental and intelligence states were also observed. Conclusions Gama-knife radiotherapy is a safe and effective method for the treatment of intractable epilepsy and may be a supplementary choice of surgery. Key words: Epilepsy; Radiosurgery; Gama-knife; Preoperative evaluation; Treatment outcome
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