| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Progress in neurological surgery ; v. 22 |
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Progress in neurological surgery ; v. 22.
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| Contents |
History and present status of gamma knife radiosurgery in Japan / Otto, S -- Dose selection for optimal treatment results and avoidance of complications / Nagano, H. [and others] -- Cerebral arteriovenous malformations / Jokura, H -- Radiosurgery for cavernous malformations in basal ganglia, thalamus and brainstem / Kida, Y -- Radiosurgery for dural arterio-venous fistula / Kida, Y -- Gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas / Fukuoka, S. [and others] -- Long-term results of gamma knife radiosurgery for 100 consecutive cases of craniopharyngioma and a treatment strategy / Kobayashi, T -- Long-term results of stereotactic gamma knife radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas : specific strategies for different types of adenoma / Kobayashi, T -- Gamma knife radiosurgery for skull-base meningiomas / Takanashi, M. [and others] -- Other skull-base tumors / Inoue, H.K -- Radiosurgery for intracranial gliomas / Kida, Y., Yoshimoto, M., Hasegawa, T -- Gamma knife radiosurgery for other primary intra-axial tumors / Iwai, Y., Yamanaka, K -- Metastatic brain tumors 1 : lung cancer / Serizawa, T -- Gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases of non-lung cancer origin : focusing on multiple brain lesions / Yamamoto, M., Barfod, B.E., Urakawa, Y -- Gamma thalamotomy for functional disorders / Ohye, C., Shibazaki, T -- Trigeminal neuralgia / Hayashi, M |
| Summary |
Stereotactic radiosurgery is the least invasive of modern treatment modalities and has recently become the basic management tool in neurosurgery. Arteriovenous malformations, benign brain tumors and brain metastases are the most common indications for its use. Also, gamma knife radiosurgery is increasingly being applied to extracranial pathologies, e.g. tumors of the spine and cancers of the lung, liver, pancreas and prostate. Approximately one quarter of patients undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery worldwide are treated in Japan. This publication provides an excellent overview of Japan's 20-year experience with stereotactic radiosurgery using the Leksell Gamma Knife. Leading experts discuss their long-term results with gamma knife radiosurgery. Studies focusing on dose selection for optimal treatment results and avoidance of complications are also presented. In addition, gamma knife treatments of extracranial pathologies are reviewed. Neurosurgeons, neurologists, oncologists and workers in radiology and cardiology will find accurate knowledge on gamma knife radiosurgery which will be helpful with patient selection, treatment planning and delivery, and postoperative management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Radiosurgery -- Japan
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Radiosurgery -- methods
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Radiosurgery
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| SUBJECT |
Japan https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007564 |
| Subject |
Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yamamoto, Masaaki.
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S. Karger (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9783805586054 |
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3805586051 |
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