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Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
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Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement Editor: H.-J. Steiger
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Edited by Guido Nikkhah and Marcus Pinsker Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement 117
Guido Nikkhah and Marcus Pinsker Department of Neurosurgery Division of Stereotactic and Functional University Medical Center Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
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Foreword
More than 60 years ago, Traugott Riechert, Max Wolff, and Fritz Mundinger inaugurated a new targeting device for intracerebral interventions which later became world- famous as the Riechert–Mundinger stereotactic system. This was the basis for an important development in the history of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. One of the first milestone operations with this system was performed on November 14, 1952. During this day, t
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