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History of Stereotactic Surgery in Germany

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Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

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Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery has a long and rich history in Germany [1,2]. At the time functional and stereotactic surgery was introduced in clinical practice, medical progress had slowed down considerably during the post-World War II depression era. In this article, a brief overview on the pre-war development of neurosurgery in Germany with a special emphasis on issues relevant to functional neurosurgery, followed by a more thorough review on the birth of functional neurosurgery in Freiburg and its further achievements are discussed. The account is based on original historical documents, previous historical reviews and a personal interview, and the reader is referred to those documents for a more complete bibliography on this topic [1,3–6].

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  1. Canadian Research Chair in Neuroscience (Tier 1), 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Andres M. Lozano (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery) (Professor of Surgery and RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute President, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery)

  2. Houston Stereotactic Concepts, Inc., 2260 West Holcombe Boulevard Suite 309, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA

    Philip L. Gildenberg

  3. University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst St. WW 4-447, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Ronald R. Tasker

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Krauss, J.K. (2009). History of Stereotactic Surgery in Germany. In: Lozano, A.M., Gildenberg, P.L., Tasker, R.R. (eds) Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69960-6_4

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