Lumbar Spine Stenosis
CHAPTER 285 Lumbar Spine Stenosis Nancy E. Epstein Verbiest1–4 was one of the first to define central lumbar spinal stenosis, noting that laminectomy alone relieved radiculopathic symptoms for patients with…
Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord Injuries in Children
CHAPTER 224 Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Dachling Pang, John G. Zovickian Injuries to the spinal cord and vertebral column are relatively uncommon in the pediatric age…
Historical Overview of Neurosurgery
CHAPTER 1 Historical Overview of Neurosurgery James Tait Goodrich, Eugene S. Flamm In developing this chapter on the history of neurosurgery, our underlying theme is that neurosurgery advanced as surgeons…
Neuroophthalmology
CHAPTER 13 Neuroophthalmology Timothy J. Martin, James J. Corbett Neuroophthalmology is a broad discipline that incorporates important elements of interest to neurosurgeons, neurologists, and ophthalmologists. This chapter offers some clinical…
Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain
CHAPTER 17 Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain Thomas Aquinas Kim, Aleksandrs Uldis Kalnins, Robert W. Prost Computed Tomography of the Brain History and Fundamentals Computed tomography…
Radiology of the Spine
CHAPTER 18 Radiology of the Spine Ajit Krishnaney, Michael T. Modic Imaging of the Spine The role of imaging is twofold. The first is to provide reliable anatomic or functional…
Nerve Injuries of the Lower Extremity
CHAPTER 243 Nerve Injuries of the Lower Extremity Robert Tiel†, Aaron G. Filler, Epidemiology It is commonly recognized that traumatic injury of the lower extremity nerves is less common than…
Endovascular Stenting of Intracranial Aneurysms
CHAPTER 376 Endovascular Stenting of Intracranial Aneurysms David J. Fiorella, Elad I. Levy, Pedro Lylyk, Peter A. Rasmussen Overview: Conceptual Evolution and History of Intracranial Stenting for Aneurysms The impetus…
Ventricular Tumors
CHAPTER 138 Ventricular Tumors Helmut Bertalanffy, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Christian Wess, Oliver Bozinov Tumors of the ventricular system comprise a wide variety of both benign and malignant mass lesions located within…
Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations
CHAPTER 396 Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Vascular Malformations Yakov Gologorsky, Aman B. Patel Vascular lesions of the spinal axis have engendered many classification schemes in the past century.1 Although these…
