Chapter 182 Management of Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia John Heiss, Edward H. Oldfield Definition and History In 1891, Hans Chiari described three types of cerebellar malformations that were associated with…
Chapter 65 Methods of Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis Jose Hinojosa Cranial sutures are essential components in the development of the skull. Nonfunctional sutures during the evolution of the cranial…
Chapter 78 Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Complex Helmut Bertalanffy, Ludwig Benes, Stefan Heinze, Wuttipong Tirakotai, Ulrich Sure Aneurysms of the vertebral artery–posterior…
Chapter 162 Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy Indications and Techniques Luis M. Tumialan Since Mixter and Barr first elucidated the pathophysiology of lumbar radiculopathy in 1934, each subsequent generation of spine…
Chapter 87 Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Occlusive Disease Sabareesh K. Natarajan, Alexander A. Khalessi, Yuval Karmon, Adnan H. Siddiqui, L. Nelson Hopkins, Elad I. Levy Introduction Most common among the…
Chapter 56 Supratentorial Tumors in the Pediatric Population Multidisciplinary Management Chetan Bettegowda, Linda C. Chen, Vivek A. Mehta, George I. Jallo, James T. Rutka Epidemiology In the pediatric population, primary…
Chapter 129 Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intraspinal Infusions for Pain∗ Gilbert J. Fanciullo, Perry A. Ball The first clinical report of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) was published in 1967.1 Since…
Chapter 156 Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Michael P. Steinmetz, Rick J. Placide, Edward C. Benzel, Ajit A. Krishnaney Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is caused by a reduction of the…
Chapter 125 Neurovascular Decompression in Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, and X Russell R. Lonser, Ronald I. Apfelbaum The compression of specific cranial nerves at their entrance to or exit…
Chapter 169 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion M. Yashar S. Kalani, Mark Garrett, Nicholas Theodore The introduction of novel fixation techniques and instrumentation has resulted in their ever increasing application for…
