CHAPTER 190 Ventricular Shunting Procedures Jeffrey P. Blount The development of effective shunt procedures represents a landmark accomplishment in neurosurgery. Despite a somewhat notorious failure rate that has spawned a…
CHAPTER 104 Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors Molecular Targets and Molecular Scalpels Steven Brem, Eric T. Wong The treatment of brain tumors, especially glioblastoma, is being transformed by the recent introduction…
CHAPTER 235 Imaging for Peripheral Nerve Disorders Aaron G. Filler The development of most subspecialties in neurosurgery has been closely associated with developments in imaging—radiography, pneumoencephalography, and angiography, all of…
CHAPTER 141 Glomus Tumors Massimo Gerosa, Paolo Rizzo In past decades, the term glomus tumor (GT) has commonly been used to identify the relatively most frequent and representative neoplastic form…
CHAPTER 339 Craniofacial Injuries Peter L. Reilly, David J. David The craniofacial region extends from the coronal suture to the chin. The bony and soft tissue anatomy includes the anterior…
CHAPTER 265 Concepts and Mechanisms of Spinal Biomechanics Vincent J. Miele, Tarun Bhalla, G. Alexander Jones, Edward C. Benzel Over the past decade, increased understanding of the spinal column has…
CHAPTER 7 Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Energy Metabolism Albert Gjedde, Pierre Magistretti Brain Work Supports Information Processing Theoretical considerations and experimental results indicate that the human brain operates close to…
CHAPTER 55 Neuroradiologic Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery Suzan Dyve, Leif Sørensen, Adam N. Mamelak, William W. Sutherling, Gregory D. Cascino Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Functional Imaging (Diffusion Tensor…
CHAPTER 61 Surgery for Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy James W. Leiphart, Itzhak Fried One of the most significant developments in the treatment of epilepsy has been the recognition of specific surgically…
CHAPTER 244 Benign Tumors of the Peripheral Nerve Daniel H. Kim, Allan H. Friedman, Ryan S. Kitagawa, David G. Kline History From the time of Hippocrates through the 18th century,…
