Gamma Knife Neurosurgery

Here is a textbook, training manual and reference book for those involved in Gamma Knife practice. It covers the theoretical background, treatment, and the social side of the method, with key information for users as well as those who refer to the Gamma Knife.

Jeremy C. Ganz, born in 1943 in the UK, he is a Cambridge University graduate. He moved to Norway in 1976 and became a staff neurosurgeon in Bergen from 1979. He became director of the world’s 5th Gamma Knife in 1988. From 1993 he taught Gamma Knife radiosurgery to new users in over 75 centres round the world. He built up a Gamma Knife Centre in Cairo between 2001 and 2007 then returning to the Bergen Gamma Knife team.

From the reviews:

“This is a didactically well-written book on stereotactic radiosurgery of the brain. … The book’s structure is logical and easy to follow. … The book is of great interest to neurosurgeons whether beginners or advanced in the field of radiosurgery. … The book should be part of the library in any radiosurgery center that treats lesions of the CNS and in any department of neurosurgery … . It should be mandatory reading for young neurosurgeons irrespective of the subspecialty they might choose.” (Thomas Mindermann, Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 154, 2012)