CHAPTER 183 Syndromic Craniosynostosis Matthew D. Smyth, Daniel Marchac, Dominique Renier In addition to the risk for brain compression and cranial deformities, the facial involvement observed in patients with faciocraniosynostosis…
CHAPTER 358 Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Hamad Farhat, Thomas Kretschmer, Jacques J. Morcos Ever since McKissock, Richardson, and Taylor reported on their evaluation of the surgical and conservative treatment of…
CHAPTER 373 Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms Bernard R. Bendok, Daniel L. Surdell, Arun K. Sherma, H. Hunt Batjer Basilar Apex Project The surgical management of basilar apex aneurysms remains…
CHAPTER 385 Therapeutic Decision Making Michael Morgan Therapeutic decision making for “true,” or parenchymal, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain is a complex process requiring analysis of the multiple pathways…
CHAPTER 309 Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults Alfred T. Ogden, Theodore H. Schwartz, Paul C. McCormick Spinal cord tumors account for about 15% of central nervous system neoplasms,1 and most…
CHAPTER 90 Ablative Surgery for Spasticity Marc Sindou, Patrick Mertens Spasticity can be defined as a velocity-dependent resistance to passive movement of a joint and its associated musculature. Spasticity is…
CHAPTER 133 Acoustic Neuroma Scott A. Meyer, Kalmon D. Post History In 1777, the first reported pathologic case of an acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) was made in an autopsy report…
CHAPTER 348 Neurovascular Imaging William W. Ashley, Jr., Roger Lichtenbaum, Fady T. Charbel Moniz performed the first cerebral angiogram in 1927.1,2 Since that time, neurovascular imaging has undergone rapid evolution….
CHAPTER 340 Prognosis after Traumatic Brain Injury Andrew I.R. Maas, Doortje C. Engel, Hester Lingsma No head injury is too severe to be despaired of, nor too trivial to be…
CHAPTER 180 Craniopagus Twins Samuel R. Browd, James Tait Goodrich, Marion L. Walker Craniopagus twins represent one of the rarest and most complex congenital anomalies seen in pediatric neurosurgery. It…
