Thus I kept on searching for alternatives to surgery. Frationated Stereotactic Radiation, done in several sessions, aimed by the robotics of a moving radiation source. After careful analysis, I decided on FSR at Staten Island University Hospital in New York, even if I had to fly halfway around the world to get it done. My FSR was performed from 30 March 98 - 03 April 1998 under the supervison of Dr. Gil Lederman. The whole FSR procedure at SIUH is done without hospitalization, on an outpatient basis, come and go.
Some patients drive their own car to their radiation sessions and back home.
Fitting of your tailor-made individual head frame and mouthpiece that assures identical positioning of your head during the CT scan and the subsequent radiation treatments. This preparatory mechanical work is done by pleasant, obviously highly skilled, technicians, who let you know what they are doing and why. Duration about an hour. Next the CT scan, with mouthpiece and headframe in place. This CT scan defines the precise location, size and shape of your AN and provides the data to program the robotics of the radiation equipment.