Chapter 132 Perioperative Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults Ramesh Grandhi, David O. Okonkwo Recent estimates of the magnitude of traumatic brain injury (TBI) suggest that each year…
Chapter 199 Management of Median Nerve Compression Nathan J. Ranalli, Kartik G. Krishnan, Eric L. Zager Introduction to Median Nerve Compression Due to their superficial locations, close relationship to neighboring…
Chapter 81 Surgical Management of Cavernous Malformations of the Nervous System Anoop P. Patel, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Christopher S. Ogilvy Cavernous malformations (CMs) have long been recognized as one of the…
Chapter 148 Management of Tuberculous Infections of the Nervous System Rana Patir, Ravi Bhatia Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is invariably secondary to a primary…
Chapter 104 Stereotactic Radiosurgery Meningiomas Massimo Gerosa, Bruno Zanotti, Angela Verlicchi, Antonio Nicolato Meningiomas arise from the arachnoid cap cells, or “meningothelial” cells, and are the most frequently reported neuro-oncologic…
Chapter 181 Craniovertebral Abnormalities and Their Neurosurgical Management Arnold Menezes, Timothy Lindley Craniovertebral junction abnormalities can be developmental, genetic, or acquired in origin.1–3 To effectively treat these disorders when they…
Chapter 206 Nerve-Grafting Procedures for Birth-Related Peripheral Nerve Injuries Martijn J.A. Malessy, Willem Pondaag A birth-related peripheral nerve injury (BRPNI) is caused by traction to the brachial plexus during labor.1,2…
Chapter 175 Transoral Approaches to the Cervical Spine Wesley Hsu, Jean-Paul Wolinsky Introduction Multiple anterior approaches to the craniocervical junction have been described to allow exposure to the midline and…
Chapter 77 Surgical Management of Midbasilar and Lower Basilar Aneurysms Nader Sanai, Alim Mitha, Robert F. Spetzler Aneurysms of the midbasilar and lower basilar artery are located below the level…
Chapter 42 Surgical Management of Posterior Fossa Meningiomas Beejal Y. Amin, Samuel Ryu, Jack P. Rock Posterior fossa meningiomas are uncommon lesions that are most often slow-growing neoplasms manifesting in…
