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Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Authors: Alexiou, Georgios
Voulgaris, Spyridon
Subject: MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > SURGICAL SPECIALTIES > NEUROSURGERY
Keywords:
Stereotactic neurosurgery
Functional neurosurgery
Movement disorders
Psychosurgery
Epilepsy
Radiosurgery
Chronic pain
Stereotactic biopsy
Description:
Abstract:
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is the most evolving part of Neurosurgery. It is directly related to the specialties of Neurology, Radiology, Radiotherapy and Psychiatry and it includes the treatment of a wide range of disorders of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System. Neurosurgical intervention concerns the restoration of malfunctioning neural circuits of the brain or the spinal cord. Its applications cover a wide range of pathological conditions, such as deep brain stimulation for movement disorders (essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, dystonia), chronic pain (neuralgia, neuropathic pain), mental disorders (pharmacoresistant depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder), treatment of spasticity after traumatic brain injury or multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, it has a role in the treatment of medically intractable epilepsy. Stereotactic biopsy is a precise method of sampling almost all areas of the brain through imaging guidance. In addition, stereotactic radiosurgery (γ-knife, cyberknife) is rapidly evolving for the non-invasive treatment of diseases, beyond intracranial tumours (acoustic neuromas, meningiomas), such as Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, vascular disorders and trigeminal neuralgia.
Linguistic Editors: Pitsoli, Kalliopi
Graphic Editors: Koundouros, Georgios
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 15-11-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-142-0
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-376
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/11437
Bibliographic Reference: Alexiou, G., & Voulgaris, S. (2023). Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-376
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. History of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
2. General concepts of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
3. The role of imaging
4. Functional neurosurgery for movement disorders
5. Functional neurosurgery for chronic pain
6. Functional Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders
7. Epilepsy surgery
8. Stereotactic biopsy
9. Stereotactic radiosurgery
10. Emerging and future applications
Number of pages 222
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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