Stereotactic radiosurgery - An organized neurosurgerysanctioned definition

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Barnett, Gene H ^a,d,i   Linskey, Mark E ^b,d   Adler, John R ^c   Cozzens, Jeffrey W ^d,h   Friedman, William A ^e   Heilbrun, M Peter ^d   Lunsford, L Dade ^f   Schulder, Michael ^g   Sloan, Andrew E ^h  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ AANS/CNS Stereotactic Radiosurgery Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33846323323     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.1.1     Document Type: Review

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