STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the second edition of the Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Functional Neurosurgery. This edition, jointly published by Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, covers surgical techniques, indications and perioperative complications for the major procedures of functional surgery.
Continuous advances in neuroscience are rapidly transforming functional neurosurgery. For instance, deep brain stimulation (DBS) treats an array of chronic neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. While most patients continue to need medication after undergoing DBS, many experience such a dramatic reduction in their symptoms that they are able to decrease their dosage. Recently developed procedures, such as new targets for DBS, utilise technical approaches highlighted in Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Functional Neurosurgery.
This fully updated atlas is organised according to topics such as epilepsy, pain, and movement disorders. New chapters on evolving DBS indications, frameless techniques and interventional MRI guided procedures have been added to the latest edition.
