Just wantedd to share this.
I found two hospitals in NY that have performed SRS on spinal tumors. Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY and Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY,NY. I do not beleive they have performed on Hemangioma's yet but from what I have read, it sounds promising provided the situation is a right fit.
They use the Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery System. It is a "frameless" Gamma Knife with the CAT scan built in. This allows the use of real time radiographics to establish the position of the tumor.
While, as always, the use of SRS to treat any tumor needs to be well thought out with many considerations, this technology sounds to me to have a promising future for fellow VHL travelers.
I am waiting for a call back from my neurosergeon in Burlington, MA to discuss this possibility with my 3 new Lumbar Hemangiomas. Because of post surgical complications, I really need to avoid Surgery if I can. Hopefully, I will talk to him tomorrow.
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SRS for Spinal Tumors
- By Rick
- Posted November 10, 2008 at 7:10 pm · 5 replies
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