Recent Advances and Controversies in Gamma Knife Neurosurgery

Born 1943. Educated Craig y nos preparatory school Swansea, Ellesmere College, St. John's College Cambridge and St. Thomas's Hospital London. Trained in neurosurgery at Queen Square London, Frenchay Hospital Bristol and the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Practised as a neurosurgeon in Bergen from 1979 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2010, when he retired. Between 1985 and 1990 undertook the work in Oslo which formed the basis for a doctoral thesis on intracranial epidural bleeding. Between 1993 and and 2001 travelled the world teaching Gamma Knife neurosurgery and from 2001 to 2007 was the medical director of the Gamma Knife Center in Cairo. Since retirement in 2010 had one year teaching neurology to undergraduate medical students in Shantou in China. Since 2011 has been engaged in researching and publishing papers on neurosurgical history.

"I find this book suitable for any neurosurgeon or radiation oncologist, including other specialists who interact with those who practice radiosurgery." --Assaf Berger, MD."All, including seasoned practitioners, would benefit from a more thorough understanding and knowledge update provided by Ganz." --Jacob Ruzevick, M.D.

• 1. PrefaceJeremy Ganz2. BackgroundJeremy Ganz3. DosimetryJeremy Ganz4. RadiobiologyJeremy Ganz5. Evolving Gamma Knife TechnologyJeremy Ganz6. ImagingJeremy Ganz7. Arteriovenous MalformationsJeremy Ganz8. Dural A-V FistulaeJeremy Ganz9. Cavernous MalformationsJeremy Ganz10. Vestibular SchwannomaJeremy Ganz11. Other SchwannomaJeremy Ganz12. MeningiomasJeremy Ganz13. Pituitary AdenomasJeremy Ganz14. CraniopharyngiomasJeremy Ganz15. MetastasesJeremy Ganz16. Glioma Low GradeJeremy Ganz17. Glioma High GradeJeremy Ganz18. Glomus TumorsJeremy Ganz19. Less Common TumorsJeremy Ganz20. Orbital IndicationsJeremy Ganz21. Trigeminal NeuralgiaJeremy Ganz22. EpilepsyJeremy Ganz23. MovementJeremy Ganz24. PsychosurgeryJeremy Ganz25. Future TrendsJeremy Ganz