Chapter 71 Surgical Treatment of Moyamoya Disease in Adults Leonidas M. Quintana Moyamoya disease is a chronic, cerebrovascular occlusive disease, in which the terminal portions of the intracranial internal carotid…
Chapter 151 Treatment Evolution in Management of Cervical Disc Disease Marcus C. Korinth Cervical disc disease may be more neurologically compromising due to anatomic particularities than the more frequently occurring…
Chapter 158 Circumferential Cervical Spinal Fusion Thomas B. Ducker, Timothy G. Burke Recent advances in complex spinal surgery have helped foster the increased number of cervical spine procedures that are…
Chapter 180 Management of Penetrating Injuries to the Spine Michelle J. Clarke, R.a.j. Narayan, Timothy F. Witham Penetrating spinal injuries (PSIs) encompass a range of traumatic etiologies, from nonmissile injuries…
Chapter 38 Tumors Involving the Cavernous Sinus John Diaz Day, Dong Xia Feng, Takanori Fukushima Until 1965, when Parkinson’s landmark article describing the direct surgical approach to carotid-cavernous fistulas was…
Chapter 105 Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations Ramiro Del-Valle, Marco Zenteno Following Roentgen’s discovery of x-rays, there was early interest in the use of…
Chapter 44 Surgical Management of Tumors of the Jugular Foramen James K. Liu, Gaurav Gupta, Lana D. Christiano, Takanori Fukushima The management of jugular foramen tumors remains challenging for the…
Chapter 152 Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Jho Procedure) Microscopic or Endoscopic David H. Jho, Diana H. Jho, Hae-Dong Jho The optimal surgical treatment of degenerative cervical spine disease that involves radiculopathy…
Chapter 171 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Indications and Techniques Sunil Jeswani, Doniel Drazin, John C. Liu, Christopher Ames, Frank L. Acosta History Anterior approaches to the spine have been used…
Chapter 205 Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Shimon Rochkind, Eric Zager Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) refers to a group of complex symptoms in the upper extremity caused by compression of…
