Academic literature on the topic 'Sterotaxic techniques'

The status and indications of radiotherapy have significantly changed in the past decade because novel techniques, radiobiological research and major advances in informatics have made better local control possible. Using supplemented marking of the target volume with computer tomography based other image-making methods adapted made it possible to define the tumor and intact surrounding tissues more precisely. With novel radiotherapy techniques the dosage of the homogenity and the covering in the target volume can be raised optimally, especially with intensity modulated arc radiotherapy (volumetric modulated arc therapy) without causing radiation injury or damage to intact surrounding tissues. Furthermore, with novel techniques and target volume marking, new indications have appeared in clinical practice and besides sterotactic radiotherapy for intracranial metastases, the extracranial so-called oligometastic conditions can be maintained close to a curative state (or in remission) for many years. Among these, perhaps the most striking is the stereotactic radiotherapy treatment of liver, lung and spinal cord metastases in one or more fractions, for which the indispensable condition is the image or respiratory guided technique. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(44), 1763–1768.

ObjectivesWe review our cases of hardware problems requiring revision surgery and consider the technical aspects of revising the electrodes, including a frameless technique using the Renishaw Guide tubes.DesignRetrospective Review.SubjectsChildren (≤18 years old) who presented with hardware problems following implantation of a DBS for dystonia at King’s College Hospital between May 2005 and April 2018.MethodsInformation was obtained from a prospectively kept database.ResultsOf 166 paediatric patients with DBS, 25 patients had hardware problems, and of these 21 (13%) patients had specifically electrode problems requiring replacement/revision of one or more electrodes. 7 patients had high impedances requiring revision, without obvious lead migration of fracture. 7 patients had lead migration and a further 7 patients had a lead fracture with or without lead migration. 15 patients had original DBS insertion with the Leksell Stereotactic System utilising the Medtronic Stimlock for lead fixation. 6 patients had DBS inserted with the Renishaw Sterotactic Robot and utilised the Renishaw Guide Tubes, in these patients who required lead replacement it was possible to revise the electrode without using stereotactic apparatus. As the guide tubes are implanted in the correct trajectory it is possible to measure the distance required to advance/implant the lead within this to target without the need for full stereotactic reimplantation.ConclusionsElectrode dysfunction is relatively common in children with DBS and a systematic approach is required to identify the cause. When an electrode requires repositioning or replacement, the procedure can be performed in the conventional manner with a stereotactic frame, or freehand without a frame if a Renishaw Guide tube is used at time of first insertion.

Abstract Background: Treating recurrent gliomas is a big dilemma in the literature and no uniform protocol is approved to treat such disappointing problem. Although improvement in the RT techniques, new CTX techniques and new techniques including targeted therapy and gene therapy; all fail to dramatically improve the outcome and solve the problem of significant mass effect when the recurrent tumor is big So resurgery play a role in treating such challenging problem. The aim of the study: to assess the goal and outcome of surgery in treatment of recurrent malignant glioma. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 56 patients who were operated upon for recurrent or progressed high grade gliomas in the Mansoura neurosurgery department allover 2007 to 2016. We have excluded patients with recurrent thalamic gliomas and patients with Kps score less than 70. Results: 12 patient underwent sterotactic biopsy for their tumor and were sent for adjuvant radiotherapy, 29 patients underwent partial tumor resection and gross total resection was done in 15 patients. The median time to progression was 5 months. All patients were sent after surgery for poster radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The median overall survival was 4 months. Conclusion: Recurrent high grade glioma is one of unsolved problem and optimal management is no longer available. Redo surgery is quiet challenging with higher minorities and no add to overall survival. Surgery is indicated to relieve significant mass effect. Outcome of surgery is better for those who did aggressive surgical resection at initial surgery than those who did only partial resection.

596 Background: Standard treatment of metastatic renal clear cell carcinoma is based upon nephrectomy, and systemic treatment with targeted agents. These drugs induce frequent side effects that may compromise observance and quality of life. Considering a focal treatment of one or more metastases can lead to a drug-holidays, or allow to postpone systemic treatment start in oligometastatic disease. Such focal treatment techniques are surgery, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT). Methods: In this retrospective, monocentric and analytic study, we analyzed progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) after a focal treatment in a cohort of patients from Bordeaux University Hospital, involving similar staff members along time. We have also reported local control, complications and potential predictive factors associated with a better outcome. Results: Seventy-one patients with 78 focal treatments (23 RFA, 47 metastasectomy and 8 SRT) have been included in our study. For 44 patients, the disease was oligometastatic, (1 to sites, less than 5 metastases) including 15 patients with a partial response to systemic treatment before the focal approach, and 12 patients with a dissociated response to systemic treatment. Progression post focal treatment occurred in 53 (74.6 %) of patients. Median PFS was 14 months (95 % confidence interval [CI], - 8-16 months); and median OS was 77 months (95 % CI, 41 months-not reach). Local control rate was 83.3 %, and complication rate was 36.3 % due to local treatments, without death related to iatrogenic events. A diagnosis of metachrone metastases and a disease-free interval between the first diagnosis and the occurrence of the metastases of at least one year seemed to be associated with better outcomes. Conclusions: Data observed in our study are consistent with those reported in literature. The prolonged OS and PFS post focal treatment should encourage clinical oncologists to discuss this multimodal approach (association of systemic and focal treatments). This approach should be also evaluated in the context of the immunocheckpoint inhibitor in the future.