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The critical importance of stereotactic radiosurgery to the future of neurosurgery
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1 Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California,
United States of America
ARNM, 025300038 https://doi.org/10.36922/ARNM025300038
Received: 24 July 2025 | Revised: 6 August 2025 | Accepted: 11 August 2025 | Published online: 21 August 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Conflict of interest
Professor John R. Adler is employed and owns equity in Zap Surgical Systems Inc., a company that manufactures and sells radiosurgical devices.
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