Chapter 4 Intraoperative Neurophysiology A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the Nervous System Vedran Deletis, Francesco Sala Over the past 25 years, intraoperative neurophysiology (ION) has established…
Chapter 165 Management of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis Benjamin Blondel, Shaun Xavier, Thomas Errico Lumbar Spinal Stenosis The surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis is critically…
Chapter 43 Surgical Management of Tumors of the Foramen Magnum Jose Alberto Landeiro, Roberto Leal Silveira, Cassius Vinícius Corrêa Dos Reis The foramen magnum (FM) comprises a bony channel formed…
Chapter 55 Posterior Fossa Tumors in the Pediatric Population Multidisciplinary Management Tae-Young Jung, James T. Rutka Primary brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in the pediatric population, comprising…
Chapter 85 Endovascular Treatment of Stroke Kyle M. Fargen, Gregory J. Velat, Michael F. Waters, Brian L. Hoh, J. Mocco Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the…
Chapter 73 Surgical Management of Posterior Communicating, Anterior Choroidal, Carotid Bifurcation Aneurysms Kyriakos Papadimitriou, Judy Huang Aneurysms that arise from the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) in the subarachnoid space…
Chapter 106 Radiation Therapy of Epilepsy Ellen Air, Nicholas Barbaro History Experience with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) over the 60 years since its development by Lars Leksell1 has demonstrated its efficacy…
Chapter 64 Instrumentation and Stabilization of the Pediatric Spine Technical Nuances and Age-Specific Considerations Joshua J. Chern, Katherine Relyea, Andrew Jea A wide variety of congenital, developmental, and acquired abnormalities…
Chapter 34 Surgical Management of Midline Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas Matthias Kirsch, Dietmar Krex, Gabriele Schackert Surgical Anatomy Meningiomas arising in the midline of the anterior fossa are generally separated…
Chapter 90 Endovascular Management of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas Geoffrey P. Colby, Alexandra R. Paul, Elisa F. Ciceri, Alexander L. Coon Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs), also sometimes referred to as dural…
