Spine Radiosurgery - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 162623034X ISBN 13: 9781626230347

Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers Inc, 2015

Synopsis

An updated edition of the most comprehensive guide to spine radiosurgery

Spine Radiosurgery, Second Edition, is a comprehensive text that includes discussions of the latest devices, treatment planning techniques, target definition, and patient selection in this specialty. Written by leading experts in the fields of neurosurgery, radiation oncology, and medical physics, this book is the definitive reference for clinical applications of state-of-the-art radiosurgery of the spine.

Key Features:

• Six new chapters on such topics as histopathological examination of spinal lesions, minimally invasive techniques, and treatment of spinal chordomas
• More than 100 full-color illustrations demonstrate key concepts
• Discussion of new treatments for metastatic spine disease and spinal cord compression

This book is a must-have resource for clinicians, fellows, and residents in neurosurgery and radiation oncology. Spine surgeons, orthopaedists, medical physicists, and oncologists at all levels will also benefit from the wealth of information provided.

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From the Back Cover

Spine Radiosurgery, Second Edition , is a comprehensive

text that includes discussions of the latest devices, treatment planning

techniques, target definition, and patient selection in this specialty.

Written by leading experts in the fields of neurosurgery, radiation oncology,

and medical physics, this book is the definitive reference for clinical

applications of state-of-the-art radiosurgery of the spine.

Key

Features:

• Six new chapters on such topics as histopathological

  examination of spinal lesions, minimally invasive techniques, and treatment of

  spinal chordomas

• More than 100 full-color illustrations demonstrate

  key concepts

• Discussion of new treatments for metastatic spine disease

  and spinal cord compression

This book is a must-have resource for clinicians,

fellows, and residents in neurosurgery and radiation oncology. Spine surgeons,

orthopaedists, medical physicists, and oncologists at all levels will also

benefit from the wealth of information provided.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 162623034X
• ISBN 13: 9781626230347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Gerszten Peter, Ryu Samuel