书目名称 | Gamma Knife Surgery | 副标题 | A Guide for Referrin | 编辑 | Jeremy C. Ganz | 视频video | | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Radiosurgery has become an established technique, with more than 15000 patients treated world-wide, most of them in the last five years. Yet, there is much uncertainty in the general medical community as to the nature, advantages and limitations of the method. This uncertainty provokes unnecessary debate between colleagues and is a source of avoidable stress to patients.This book provides an account of the scientific basis of radiosurgery and describes its current applications in respect of the only well established radiosurgical device, the Leksell Gamma Knife. The book assumes the general medical knowledge of a newly qualified medical practitioner.There are three sections. The first outlines the rationale for radiosurgery and the principles of stereotaxy, radiophysics and radiobiology. The middle section, consisting of a single chapter, describes what a potential patient may expect to experience. In the final section, the current applications are gone through, one by one,indicating what can and what cannot be achieved. The book is intended for neurologists, neurosurgeons, internists, otolaryngologists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, general practitioners, medical students and any | 出版日期 | Book 19931st edition | 关键词 | oncology; radiobiology; radiosurgery; surgery; Radiaton Oncology | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3313-2 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-7091-3313-2 | copyright | Springer-Verlag Wien 1993 |
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