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Radiosurgery is unlike most conventional neurosurgical procedures because results of treatment are unknown when the treatment is completed. The neurosurgeon is accustomed to examining the patient in the recovery room and knowing very rapidly whether the immediate outcome of a procedure is good or bad. Radiosurgery has few, if any, acute complications. The only acute complication seen in our patients has been a rare increase in seizure activity in the first 48 hours after radiosurgery in patients that previously exhibited seizure activity. Patients go home the day of treatment exactly as they were before treatment. The true efficacy of the treatment and incidence of complications can only be known after months or years of careful follow-up.
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Friedman, W.A., Bova, F.J., Buatti, J.M., Mendenhall, W.M. (1998). Patient Follow-Up. In: Linac Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2176-0_9
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