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Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

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In 1951, Lars Leksell introduced noninvasive neurosurgery with narrow beams of radiation, which allowed neurosurgeons to lesion intracranial areas unreachable or ill-suited for open surgery. A semicircular arc targets gamma rays to destroy deepbrain structures without the risk of bleeding and infection associated with open surgery [1], [2]. This technological development opened new possibilities for treating disease in patients who were poor candidates for open surgery due to anticoagulation use, respiratory or cardiac disease, and advanced age.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sangjin Oh MD (Fellow) & William J. Weiner MD (Professor and Chairman)

  2. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Ajay Niranjan MBBS, MS, MCh (Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery)

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William J. Weiner MD (Professor and Chairman)

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Lawrence S. Chin MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William F. Regine MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Oh, S., Niranjan, A., Weiner, W.J. (2008). Movement Disorder. In: Chin, L.S., Regine, W.F. (eds) Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71070-9_55

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