Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

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Treatment outcomes and dose rate effects following gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas

30 April 2020 | | Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery | Acoustic neuroma, Dose rate, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Neurosurgery, Radiation oncology, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Vestibular schwannoma

Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is one of the definitive stereotactic radiotherapy treatment modalities for vestibular schwannoma (VS) management. Its efficacy depends on the cobalt-60 source which has a half-life of 5.26 years. According to the study authors, the actual rate...

Humour to improve clinician - patient interactions

7 January 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, language disorder, pragmatics, social interaction, stroke

This study examined the role of humour employed by the speech language graduate student during their one-on-one therapy sessions with people with aphasia (PWA). The students used humour to soften the errors made by the clients; to equalise interactional power;...

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Salvage surgery vs. repeat stereotactic radiosurgery for progressing vestibular schwannomas

7 January 2020 | | Neurotology, Otology | Gamma knife, Recurrence, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Vestibular schwannomas

This large multicentre case series of patients treated twice with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for progressing vestibular schwannomas (VS) is reported by the International Gamma Knife Radiosurgery consortium. Progression of tumour growth after primary SRS is rare but does occur. Complications...