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Initial experience with gamma knife radiosurgery for advanced glaucoma
1Department of Stereotactic and Radiation Neurosurgery, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. vilibald.vladyka@homolka.cz
Journal of Neurosurgery
|January 6, 2001
Abstract
Object:
The authors assessed the affect of gamma knife radiosurgery on patients with glaucoma.
Methods:
Fifteen eyes in 14 patients were treated with gamma knife radiosurgery during a 14-month period. Ocular pain was alleviated in all patients and intraocular pressure was decreased. There were no early side effects.
Conclusions:
Further studies are needed to elucidate the best treatment parameters, long-term results, and some of the pathophysiological effects.