Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 8 : Proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neuros

Broggi, Giovanni

ISBN 10: 3709190312 / ISBN 13: 9783709190319

Published by Springer 2012-01, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 8 : Proceedings of the 8th Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neuros
• Publisher: Springer 2012-01
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3709190312
• ISBN 13: 9783709190319
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.