title: Open stereotactic surgery.
abstract: Open Stereotactic Surgery [OSS] may be defined as the use of precise stereotactic techniques to facilitate conventional neurosurgical procedures. The field has expanded in recent years particularly in the areas of imaging, instrumentation and co-ordinate transfer. The factors influencing the developments are explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation