Vol. 43 (5) 2022 Neuro endocrinology letters

Effectiveness of Leksell gamma knife hypophysectomy on cancer-related intractable pain - a single-center experience.

OBJECTIVES: Hypophysectomy is a method used in analgesia in patients with painful bone metastases. The pain relief after this procedure is not pathophysiologically fully understood. In only a few studies Leksell gamma knife (LGK) was used for radiosurgical hypophysectomy. In our study, we performed the LGK hypophysectomy in patients wit.....