Modern Stereotactic Neurosurgery

I. Basic Techniques.- 1. General Concepts of Stereotactic Surgery.- 2. The Imaging-Compatible Riechert-Mundinger System.- 3. The Leksell System.- 4. The Hitchcock System.- 5. The Brown-Roberts-Wells System.- 6. Modification of Todd-Wells System for Imaging Data Acquisition.- 7. The Laitinen System.- 8. The Patil System.- II. Morphological Surgery: Diagnosis and Treatment.- 9. Reliability of Stereotactic Brain Tumor Biopsy.- 10. Biopsy Techniques Using the Brown-Robert Wells (BRW) Stereotactic Guidance System.- 11. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mass Lesions Using the Leksell Stereotactic System.- 12. Volumetric Stereotaxis and Computer-Assisted Stereotactic Resection of Subcortical Lesions.- 13. Computerized Microstereotactic Neurosurgical Endoscopy under Direct Three-Dimensional Vision.- 14. Stereotactic Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Tumor Diagnosis.- 15. Stereotactic Treatment of Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle.- 16. Stereotactic Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma.- 17. Intracavitary Irradiation of Cystic Craniopharyngiomas.- 18. Interstitial Brachytherapy for Malignant Brain Tumors: Technique and Results.- 19. Considerations in the Usage and Results of Curietherapy.- 20. A Robotic System for Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- III. Functional Neurosurgery.- 21. Mesencephalatomy and Thalamotomy for Chronic Pain.- 22. Spinal and Pontine Tractotomies and Nucleotomies.- 23. Thalamotomy for Parkinson's Disease: Microelectrode Technique.- 24. Selective Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders: Microrecording Stimulation Techniques and Results.- 25. Thalamotomy for Parkinson's Disease.- 26. Post-traumatic Movement Disorders.- 27. The Role of Anterior Internal Capsulotomy in Psychiatric Surgery.- 28. Stereotactic Chemical Hypophysectomy.- 29. Posteromedial Hypothalamotomy for Behavioral Disturbances and Intractable Pain.- 30. Transplantation to the Brain.- 31. Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain: Long-Term Results and Complications.- 32. Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Motor Disorders.- 33. Epilepsy: Deep Brain Electrodes.- 34. Stereotactic CT Atlases.- 35. Computerized Three-Dimensional Stereotactic Atlases.- IV. Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- 36. Stereotactic Bragg Peak Proton Beam Therapy.- 37. Adaptation of Linear Accelerators to Stereotactic Systems.- 38. Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Acoustic Neurinomas.- 39. Stereotactic Radiosurgical Treatment of Malformations of the Brain.... Mehr