Today, over 500,000 patients have been treated world wide in 250 Gamma Knife Centres in 37 countries each one treating between 150 and 700 patients a year. The current book serves as a textbook, training manual and reference book for those involved in Gamma Knife practice covering the theoretical background, the practical aspects of treatment, the social side of the method and necessary information not only for users but for those who refer to the Gamma Knife. It also covers some aspects of the hospital and social administration required for optimal use of the technology, also looking at the effect of the internet on specialist medical practice.It also presents the completely new Gamma Knife (Perfexion), a new technology which extends the range of the Gamma Knife and will be the treatment standard for the future
Author(s): Jeremy C. Ganz (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 376
Tags: Neurosurgery
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction and the Nature of Radiosurgery....Pages 3-8
Principles of Stereotaxy....Pages 9-16
Ionising Radiation and Its Effects on Living Tissue....Pages 17-31
Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation....Pages 33-46
Ionising Radiation and Clinical Practice....Pages 47-52
Gamma Knife Development from 1967 to 2010....Pages 53-66
Radiophysics, Radiobiology and the Gamma Knife....Pages 67-77
Preparation for Treatment Planning....Pages 79-98
Dose Plan Indices....Pages 99-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Gamma Knife Surgery and Computer Networks....Pages 105-109
Aims of Gamma Knife Surgery....Pages 111-113
Principles of Information and Follow Up....Pages 115-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Vestibular Schwannomas....Pages 123-143
Meningiomas....Pages 145-168
Gamma Knife for Cerebral Metastases....Pages 169-196
Intraparenchymal Intrinsic Brain Tumours....Pages 197-217
Tumours of the Pituitary Region....Pages 219-237
Less Common Skull Base Tumours....Pages 239-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Gamma Knife for Cerebral Vascular Anomalies....Pages 255-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Trigeminal Neuralgia....Pages 303-332
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Diverse Functional Indications....Pages 333-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Rare Tumours and Other Lesions....Pages 349-352
Orbital Indications....Pages 353-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Conclusion and Possible Future Trends....Pages 363-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-376
