Marlies Wagner

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Marlies Wagner is a leading clinical researcher in neuro-oncology and epilepsy surgery, with a focus on advanced stereotactic techniques and radiosurgery. Her work has significantly advanced the management of brain metastases and the safety of invasive epilepsy monitoring. In a landmark 2018 study (61 citations), she demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of repeated stereotactic radiosurgery (re-SRS) for locally recurrent brain metastases, providing critical data on patient selection and survival outcomes in a heavily pre-treated cohort. Wagner has also made pivotal contributions to epilepsy surgery, systematically analyzing complications from invasive EEG electrode implantations (51 citations) and pioneering research on electrode placement accuracy using robot-assisted techniques. Her comparative study of referencing methods—including frame-based CT versus facial laser scans—has set new standards for precision in stereotactic neurosurgery (44 citations). Through these contributions, Wagner has directly improved treatment paradigms for patients with recurrent brain tumors and refractory epilepsy, establishing herself as an authority on re-irradiation strategies and image-guided surgical safety.

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1. 1
   Repeated in-field radiosurgery for locally recurrent brain metastases: Feasibility, results and survival in a heavily treated patient cohort

   61 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Invasive EEG-electrodes in presurgical evaluation of epilepsies: Systematic analysis of implantation-, video-EEG-monitoring- and explantation-related complications, and review of literature

   51 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Electrode placement accuracy in robot-assisted epilepsy surgery: A comparison of different referencing techniques including frame-based CT versus facial laser scan based on CT or MRI

   44 citations · 2018

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