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"Written by international experts in the fields of neurosurgery, neurology, physics, and radiation oncology, many of them pioneers in radiosurgery, the book is a concise yet comprehensive reference on current techniques for radiosurgery of the brain and all the contextual information needed to understand why and how these current techniques are used, such as the evolution of the radiosurgery modality, the sciences of radiosurgery such as physics and radiobiology, and the devices/technology systems used. The core of the book is the detailed discussion of radiosurgical procedures for specific pathologies and disorders, such as arteriovenous malformations, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, movement disorders, gliomas, ocular disorders, and obsessive compulsive disorder. These chapters address the benefits and limitations of radiosurgical techniques for each indication and describe the outcomes, possible complications and their management, and alternative treatments"--Provided by publisher.

Radiosurgery. --- Brain --- Topectomy --- Brain diseases --- Psychology, Pathological --- Gamma knife radiosurgery --- Nervous system --- Radiotherapy --- Diseases. --- Surgery. --- Surgery

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This book is a comprehensive review of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): its physics, clinical evidence, indications, and future directions. The utilization of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasing internationally because of several factors. First, it offers patients a local treatment option that has demonstrated effectiveness similar to traditional surgery without the morbidity of general anesthesia and open surgical resection. Second, recent advancements in the quality of scientific evidence supporting a SRS or SBRT-containing approach in patients continues to evolve and demonstrate favorable disease-specific outcomes with little, if any, toxicity in various anatomic disease sites and for various conditions including cancer, benign tumors, and other psychiatric and neurologic conditions. Third, and most provocatively, is the notion that definitive local therapy (i.e. SRS or SBRT) in patients with cancer can boost the immune system to fight cancer in other sites throughout the body. While traditional medical knowledge would suggest that all patients with metastatic cancer are incurable, there is a mounting body of evidence that there is a subset of these patients that can be cured with definitive SRS or SBRT. This volume thus delves into each of these benefits and aspects of treatment, guiding physicians to the best treatment plan for their patients. Expert, international authors provide guidelines for SRS and SBRT use by clinicians. Chapters are divided into six main sections: Radiobiology of Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Intracranial Radiosurgery Technique, Intracranial Radiosurgery by Indication, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Technique, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy by Indication, The Future of Radiosurgery and SBRT. Overall physics are explained, as well as specific considerations for particular surgical tools (including the Leksell Gamma Knife and Accuray CyberKnife), techniques (including fractionated and charged particle radiosurgery), and anatomic sites (including brain metastases, pituitary tumors, and the prostate). Detailed images and charts enhance the chapters. This book provides physicians with a single, practical resource incorporating both of these broad categories of treatment, SRS and SBRT, and better defines the current role and the direction of radiosurgery.

Radiotherapy. --- Radiosurgery. --- Radiotherapy. --- CyberKnife Radiosurgery --- LINAC Radiosurgery --- Radiosurgery, Gamma Knife --- Radiosurgery, Linear Accelerator --- Radiosurgery, Stereotactic --- Stereotactic Radiation --- Stereotactic Radiation Therapy --- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery --- Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery --- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy --- Stereotactic Radiosurgery --- CyberKnife Radiosurgeries --- Gamma Knife Radiosurgeries --- LINAC Radiosurgeries --- Linear Accelerator Radiosurgeries --- Radiation Therapy, Stereotactic --- Radiation, Stereotactic --- Radiosurgery, CyberKnife --- Radiosurgery, LINAC --- Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Body --- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapies --- Stereotactic Radiation Therapies --- Stereotactic Radiations --- Stereotactic Radiosurgeries --- Therapy, Stereotactic Radiation --- Particle Accelerators --- Radiotherapy, Conformal --- Radiation therapy --- Electrotherapeutics --- Hospitals --- Medical electronics --- Medical radiology --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Phototherapy --- Radiological services

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This work details contemporary clinical knowledge on the multidisciplinary management of pituitary and other sellar/parasellar tumors, with a focus on surgical techniques and a particular emphasis on complication avoidance and management. International experts provide guidance on natural history, radiologic and clinical aspects, surgical indications, and resection techniques.In addition, case presentations and clinical photographs help the reader reduce the risk of error and advance their own surgical skills. Readers also have access online to streaming videos of key procedures to help them provide the best possible outcomes for every patient. Transsphenoidal Surgery: Complication Avoidance and Management Techniques will be of great value to Neurosurgeons, Otolaryngologists, Endocrinologists, Radiation Oncologists, and residents and fellows in these specialties.

Oncology. Neoplasms --- Pathological endocrinology --- Neuropathology --- Surgery --- tumoren --- streaming --- endocrinologie --- neurochirurgie --- oncologie

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This book is a comprehensive review of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): its physics, clinical evidence, indications, and future directions. The utilization of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasing internationally because of several factors. First, it offers patients a local treatment option that has demonstrated effectiveness similar to traditional surgery without the morbidity of general anesthesia and open surgical resection. Second, recent advancements in the quality of scientific evidence supporting a SRS or SBRT-containing approach in patients continues to evolve and demonstrate favorable disease-specific outcomes with little, if any, toxicity in various anatomic disease sites and for various conditions including cancer, benign tumors, and other psychiatric and neurologic conditions. Third, and most provocatively, is the notion that definitive local therapy (i.e. SRS or SBRT) in patients with cancer can boost the immune system to fight cancer in other sites throughout the body. While traditional medical knowledge would suggest that all patients with metastatic cancer are incurable, there is a mounting body of evidence that there is a subset of these patients that can be cured with definitive SRS or SBRT. This volume thus delves into each of these benefits and aspects of treatment, guiding physicians to the best treatment plan for their patients. Expert, international authors provide guidelines for SRS and SBRT use by clinicians. Chapters are divided into six main sections: Radiobiology of Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Intracranial Radiosurgery Technique, Intracranial Radiosurgery by Indication, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Technique, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy by Indication, The Future of Radiosurgery and SBRT. Overall physics are explained, as well as specific considerations for particular surgical tools (including the Leksell Gamma Knife and Accuray CyberKnife), techniques (including fractionated and charged particle radiosurgery), and anatomic sites (including brain metastases, pituitary tumors, and the prostate). Detailed images and charts enhance the chapters. This book provides physicians with a single, practical resource incorporating both of these broad categories of treatment, SRS and SBRT, and better defines the current role and the direction of radiosurgery.

Radiotherapy. --- Radiosurgery.