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Comprehensive Overview of Modern Surgical Approaches to Intrinsic Brain Tumors - Softcover

Chaichana MD, Kaisorn

 
9780128117835: Comprehensive Overview of Modern Surgical Approaches to Intrinsic Brain Tumors
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0128117834 ISBN 13: 9780128117835
Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Comprehensive Overview of Modern Surgical Approaches to Intrinsic Brain Tumors addresses limitations in the scientific literature by focusing primarily on surgical approaches to various intrinsic neoplasms using diagrams and step-by-step instructions. It provides the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches, controversies, and technical considerations and discusses topics such as anatomy, pathology and animal models, imaging, open brain tumor approaches and minimally invasive approaches. Additionally, it discusses controversial treatments and the pros and cons of each. This book is a valuable source for medical students, neurosurgeons and any healthcare provider who has an interest in brain tumors and techniques to treat them.

  • Provides a comprehensive review of different approaches, explaining them step-by- step
  • Includes diagrams that show surgical approaches
  • Presents the advantages and disadvantages of each approach to aid in decision-making

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About the Authors

Kaisorn L. Chaichana has completed a fellowship in skull base surgery and Neuro-Oncology. He has published over 100 papers and 20 book chapters in areas relating to neuro-oncology, namely gliomas and metastatic brain tumors. He has clinical expertise in neuro-oncological surgery, including minimally invasive surgery for treatment of intrinsic neoplasms.

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa has edited several books including Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques, Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery, and Video Atlas of Neurosurgery: Contemporary Tumor and Skull Base Surgery, and Neural Stem Cells (An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics). He has clinical expertise in Neuro-Oncology, tumor surgery, and is a world authority on these aspects of Neuro-Oncology.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0128117834
ISBN 13 
9780128117835
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
506