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Title: Advanced technology in neurosurgery

Book ·
OSTI ID:5108808

Technological improvements in neurosurgery are discussed. The use of surgical lasers, ultrasound aspirators, bipolar coagulator and operative microscopes for surgery of deep-seated neoplasms and vascular malformations is discussed. Intraoperative monitoring, chronotherapy, chronic neurostimulation and stereotactic interstitial irradiation are covered and indications for interventional neuroradiology are reviewed.

OSTI ID:
5108808
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English