title: Evolution of principles of stereotactic neurosurgery.
abstract: Stereotactic neurosurgery is the arena in which the past meets the present on many levels. Preserved skulls from South America, Africa, and Europe testify to man's early attempts at cranial surgery. Stereotactic approaches and systems, as well as the new innovative interactive image-guided devices, are efforts to explore and treat the afflictions of the human brain in both its literal and figurative aspects.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bullard
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Nashold
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation