Case

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT): boost during resection of brain metastases

13 September 2019 · 13 min watch
Author

Dr. med. Stefanie Brehmer

Mannheim Medical Faculty Member at University of Heidelberg, Germany

Author

Dr. med. Ahmed-Yasser Abo-Madyan

Mannheim Medical Faculty Member at University of Heidelberg, Germany

Summary

Complete case documentation of brain metastases resection using intraopertive radiation therapy

Live-case treatment video of a 68-year-old female patient with a brain metastasis who got treated with intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). The dose of 30 Gy was applied in 19 min. during resection, using a 20 mm spherical applicator.

  


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