Chapter 118 Cingulotomy for Intractable Psychiatric Illness Patrick Schweder, G. Rees Cosgrove The modern management of most psychiatric disease involves a combination of psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However,…
Chapter 135 Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury Matthew B. Potts, Michael E. Sughrue, Shirley I. Stiver, Lawrence H. Pitts, Geoffrey T. Manley Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a…
Chapter 140 Surgical Management of Major Skull Defects and Potential Complications Shih-Shan Lang, M. Sean Grady The past decade has seen a resurgence in the use of decompressive hemicraniectomy in…
Chapter 137 Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adults Thomas Santarius, Angelos G. Kolias, Peter J. Hutchinson Epidemiology Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the commonest neurosurgical disorders…
Chapter 24 Craniopharyngiomas Philip V. Theodosopoulos, Michael E. Sughrue, Michael W. McDermott Craniopharyngiomas are tumors of neuroepithelial origin that arise from squamous cell rests found along the path of the…
Chapter 107 Gamma Surgery for Functional Disorders Chun-Po Yen, Ladislau Steiner Leksell’s original intention in designing the gamma knife was to use the tool to treat functional disorders such as…
Chapter 39 Surgery for Trigeminal Neurinomas Takeshi Kawase Anatomy The trigeminal nerve courses in three compartments: middle cranial fossa, posterior fossa, and extracranial space. Therefore, tumors extending into multiple fossae…
Chapter 12 Management of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas Camilo E. Fadul, Pamela Ely The phrase “primary central nervous system lymphoma” (PCNSL) is used to designate an extranodal lymphoma restricted…
Chapter 102 Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery in the Management of Craniopharyngiomas Anand Veeravagu, Marco Lee, Bowen Jiang, John R. Adler, Jr. , Steven D. Chang Craniopharyngiomas are benign extra-axial epithelial…
Chapter 70 Surgical Management of Cerebellar Stroke—Hemorrhage and Infarction Vikram V. Nayar, Arthur L. Day Cerebellar stroke, either hemorrhage or infarction, often presents with poorly lateralizing symptoms, and its diagnosis…
