(openPR) - New York, NY - Radiosurgery holds many advantages over surgery. First, there is no incision, second, there is no risk of bleeding, infection, or other possible complications that sometimes occur with open surgery. Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery is considered one of the most current and comprehensive books available about surgery that utilizes radiation. Published by Thieme, this reference work addresses both the benefits as well as the limitations of radiosurgical techniques and describes the outcomes, possible complications and their management as well as alternative treatments.

"Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of modern-day intracranial radiosurgery. The text includes detailed discussions on radiobiology, indications, methods, outcomes, and complications associated with radiosurgery," states author Dr. Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Charlottesville, Virginia.

The book starts with an overview of the history of radiosurgery and is followed by a detailed summary of the radiobiology. This authoritative text , which contains more than 100 high-quality illustrations, showcases perspectives from internationally recognized experts in the field. It presents an overview of all the currently available treatment systems while also laying out detailed discussions of radiosurgical procedures for various conditions such as movement disorders and epilepsy.

“The past decade has seen rapid improvement in radiosurgical outcomes. Technological advances, including improvements in dose delivery, dose selection, and targeting with multimodality high resolution neuroimaging have helped to advance this field,” says author L. Dade Lunsford, MD, FACS, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

This up-to-date resource fills the gap in current literature and will appeal to neurological surgeons, radiation oncologists as well as medical physicists throughout all stages of their learning.

About Thieme

Thieme Publishing Group is a privately held scientific and medical publishing house employing more than 950 people and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Stuttgart and three other locations in Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in medical and scientific publishing. Today, Thieme is the market leading publisher of neurosurgical content and holds strong market positions in orthopedics, radiology, anatomy and chemistry, among other specialties. Thieme publishes 137 peer-reviewed journals and over 500 new books annually. The company also has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. Popular online products include Thieme eJournals and the Thieme Electronic Book Library, which are accessible via thieme-connect.com, Thieme's platform for electronic products. New anatomy resources include the thiemeteachingassistant.com for faculty, and winkingskull.com for students. Please visit thieme.com for additional information.

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