Management of Degenerative Scoliosis
Chapter 185 Management of Degenerative Scoliosis Daniel M. Sciubba Scoliosis refers to an abnormal curvature of the spine and is classically defined radiographically as a coronal curve greater than 10…
Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms
Chapter 141 Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms Giuseppe Talamonti, Giuseppe D’Aliberti, Massimo Collice∗ The injury of intracranial arterial wall may result in immediate hemorrhage, thrombosis, dissection, or development of traumatic…
Neurologic Problems of the Spine in Achondroplasia
Chapter 184 Neurologic Problems of the Spine in Achondroplasia Benjamin S. Carson, Mari Groves, Reza Yassari Achondroplasia is characterized by disproportionately short stature with rhizomelic shortening of the extremities, macrocephaly,…
Surgical Approaches to the Orbit
Chapter 51 Surgical Approaches to the Orbit U.T.A. Schick, Andreas Unterberg The surgical treatment of orbital processes presents a border area between different surgical specialties, including otorhinolaryngology, oral/maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology,…
Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
Chapter 187 Intradural Extramedullary Tumors Paul McCormick Introduction Tumors arising from the intradural extramedullary spinal canal reflect a wide variety of histopathologies. With few exceptions, however, these tumors are histologically…
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques
Chapter 170 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Indications and Techniques Basheal M. Agrawal, Daniel Resnick Lumbar fusion is an accepted treatment for spinal deformity, iatrogenic instability following decompressive procedures, and more…
Imaging Evaluation and Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm
Chapter 93 Imaging Evaluation and Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm James Chen, Sudhir Kathuria, Dheeraj Gandhi The phenomenon of cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) was first described in the…
Spheno-orbital Meningioma
Chapter 37 Spheno-Orbital Meningioma John R. Floyd, Franco DeMonte The original description of sphenoid ridge meningiomas by Cushing and Eisenhardt in 1938 defines a global type, which grows outward into…
Embolization of Tumors: Brain, Head, and Neck, and Spine
Chapter 89 Embolization of Tumors Brain, Head, Neck, and Spine Yin C. Hu, C. Benjamin Newman, Cameron G. McDougall, Felipe C. Albuquerque Hypervascular neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS)…
Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions
Chapter 130 Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions Kevin Cahill, Allan J. Belzberg, William S. Anderson Ablation of the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) of the spinal cord, also known as…
