Chapter 176 Atlantoaxial Instability and Stabilization Jean-Paul Wollinsky, Reza Yassari The atlantoaxial junction is a delicate anatomic complex that involves an intricate relationship between the atlas and the axis to…
Chapter 35 Supraorbital Approach Variants for Intracranial Tumors Rodrigo Ramos-Zúñiga, Shaan M. Raza, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa The fundamental basis of “keyhole” neurosurgery lies in the fact that, if designed and tailored…
Chapter 197 Management of Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries Kathleen Khu, Rajiv Midha, shimon rochkind Brachial plexus injuries comprise approximately one third of all peripheral nerve injuries and are seen in…
Chapter 142 Management of Penetrating Brain Injury J. Kent Werner, Jr., Rocco Armonda, Geoffrey T. Manley, Guy Rosenthal Epidemiology Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is defined as an injury resulting from…
Chapter 194 Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Spinal Surgery Sunil Jeswani, Doniel Drazin, Ali Shirzadi, Frank L. Acosta A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can occur after trauma, surgery…
Chapter 174 Management of Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Daniel M. Sciubba, James S. Harrop The cervical spine is the most frequently injured portion of the spinal…
Chapter 40 Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas Khaled M. Aziz, Sebastien Froelich, Sanjay Bhatia, Alexander K. Yu, Albino Bricolo, Todd Hillman, Raymond F. Sekula, Jr. Posterior fossa meningiomas comprise 10%…
Chapter 186 Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults Michael Bruneau, Jacques Brotchi The neurosurgical literature on intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) contains many case reports and few…
Chapter 113 Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve Joseph R. Madsen Epilepsy is estimated to affect approximately 50 million people worldwide,1 with a higher incidence…
Chapter 28 Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic Principles Alexander Taghva, Charles Y. Liu, Michael L.J. Apuzzo Intraventricular tumors represent a relatively small proportion of central nervous…
