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…
Chapter 75 Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Artery Martin Lehecka, Reza Dashti, Jaakko Rinne, Rossana Romani, Riku Kivisaari, Mika Niemelä, Juha Hernesniemi The middle cerebral artery (MCA)…
Chapter 114 Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia Louis A. Whitworth, Kim J. Burchiel History The treatment of movement disorders has intrigued neurosurgeons for…
Chapter 178 Thoracolumbar Anterolateral and Posterior Stabilization Harel Arzi, Paul M. Arnold The thoracic and lumbar regions are the most common anatomic sites for vertebral fractures. The thoracolumbar area is…
Chapter 188 Management of Spinal Cord Tumors and Arteriovenous Malformations Nirit Weiss, Joshua Bederson, Kalmon Post Introduction Although spinal cord tumor and spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) operations may appear…
Chapter 54 Methods for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Pediatric Hydrocephalus From Shunt to Scope Aabir Chakraborty, James M. Drake, Benjamin C. Warf Introduction Definition and Epidemiology of Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus is…
Chapter 155 Anterior Approaches for Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis Atul Goel, Francesco Cacciola Degeneration of the spine is an age-related phenomenon. The center of the pathogenetic process lies in the progressive…
Chapter 124 Percutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Facial Pain John M. Tew, Jr. , Chad J. Morgan, Andrew W. Grande Drawing on our 40-year experience in treating…
Chapter 153 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Microdiscectomy Girish K. Hiremath, Mick J. Perez-Cruet Posterior cervical foraminotomy and microdiscectomy is a safe and effective procedure that can be used…
Chapter 136 Management of Skull Base Trauma Shirley I. Stiver Skull base trauma encompasses injury to the neurovascular and bony elements of the orbital plate of the frontal bone, the…
