Chapter 157 Cervical Laminoplasty Indications and Techniques Christopher M. Boxell, David G. Malone, Mitchell Martineau Cervical laminoplasty is a posterior spinal operation where the positions of the lamina are altered…
Chapter 191 Surgical Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction Richard G. Fessler, Daniel H. Kim Surgical treatment of spinal disorders at the cervicothoracic junction is challenging because of the complex anatomy…
Chapter 22 Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery David H. Jho, Diana H. Jho, Hae-Dong Jho Neuroendoscopy was first implemented almost a century ago for choroid plexus surgery in…
Chapter 133 Surgical Management of Severe Closed Head Injury in Adults José María Pascual, Ruth Prieto “Gentlemen, instead of promising to satisfy your curiosity about the anatomy of the brain,…
Chapter 163 Management of Far Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniations Nancy E. Epstein Far lateral disc (FLD) herniations account for between 6.5% and 12% of lumbar disc herniations.1–6 Operative resection techniques…
Chapter 159 Surgical Techniques in the Management of Thoracic Disc Herniations Nathan E. Simmons The management of thoracic disc herniations presents a paradox to the casual observer. One of the…
Chapter 76 Surgical Management of Terminal Basilar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms Scott Y. Rahimi, Mark J. Dannenbaum, C. Michael Cawley, Daniel L. Barrow Background In the early 1940s, following…
Chapter 154 Disc Replacement Technologies in the Cervical and Lumbar Spine Ronan M. Dardis, Amar Saxena, Amjad Shad, Bhupal Chitnavis, Richard Gullan Background Considerations Although great progress has occurred on…
Chapter 122 Surgery for Intractable Spasticity Marc Sindou, Patrick Mertens Spasticity is defined as a velocity-dependent resistance to passive movement of a joint and its associated musculature. It is characterized…
Chapter 26 Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke’s Cleft Cysts Dieter Hellwig, Wuttipong Tirakotai, Vincenzo Paterno, Christoph Kappus Most of the intracranial cystic lesions are related to neoplasms, bacterial or parasitic infections,…
