| Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 8: Proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosu Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Broggi, Giovanni (Editor), Burzaco, Juan (Editor), Hitchcock, Edward R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3709190312 ISBN-13: 9783709190319 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Surgery - Neurosurgery - Medical | Neuroscience - Medical | Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine |
| Dewey: 612.8 |
| Series: ACTA Neurochirurgica Supplementum / Advances in Stereotactic |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.67 lbs) 114 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last ten years has witnessed a resurgence of interest in stereotactic surgery although this has been mainly in the field of the comparatively simple stereotactic biopsy of intracranial tumours. There is also evidence of a returning interest in functional neurosurgery other than pain which has always sustained high levels of endeavour. The present work comprises selected papers from a much larger group of interesting and important communications to the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. They represent modern views on a wide variety of stereotactic surgical topics from internationally acclaimed experts in this field. The neurosurgeon who has little or no acquaintance with this fruitful sub-specialty will be surprised to find very broad applications of the technique which is gradually replacing many con- ventional neurosurgical procedures. This is particularly evident in the papers on tumours but there is also a section on the treatment of vascular disease which marks an extension of neurosurgical practice. The Society has always regarded technical advances as important and some of the most recent devel- opments appear in this book. Finally, an exciting new development of neural transplantation marks the beginning of what may be an important part of neurological surgery in the future. |