HTA is multi-disciplinary field of policy analysis that examines the medical, economic, social and ethical implications of the incremental value, diffusion and use of a health technology in health care.
The term Health Technology refers to application of organised knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of life.
The objective of this technology review was to assess the efficacy of gamma knife SRS in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations, acoustic neuroma, cerebral metastases and trigeminal neuralgia, the latter representing a non-invasive approach to precision ablation for benign conditions. The efficacy of gamma knife relative to microsurgery and LINAC-based SRS was a particular focus of this review for all […]