Title Details: | |
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery |
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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.
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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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