Chapter 164 Lumbar Spinal Arthroplasty Clinical Experiences of Motion Preservation Fred H. Geisler Lumbar spinal arthroplasty was first reported in clinical settings in 1994 by Griffith and colleagues.1 This early…
Chapter 112 Corpus Callosotomy Indications and Techniques Edward F. Chang, Nathan C. Rowland, Nicholas M. Barbaro In 1940, William P. van Wagenen and R. Yorke Herren described a small series…
Chapter 126 Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain Patrick Senatus, Daniel Condit Deep brain stimulation (DBS), or electric subcortical stimulation, illustrates functional neurosurgical intervention with stereotactic placement of electrodes into target…
Chapter 53 Orbitozygomatic Infratemporal Approach to Parasellar Meningiomas Kenji Ohata, Takeo Goto Lesions located high in the parasellar region and the interpeduncular fossa are challenging and often difficult to approach,…
Chapter 92 Endovascular Treatment of Head and Neck Bleeding Alexandros D. Zouzias, Paul Schmitt, Chirag D. Gandhi, Charles J. Prestigiacomo The role of endovascular therapy in the treatment of neurologic…
Chapter 98 Interstitial and LINAC-Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasesā Guido Nikkhah, Jaroslaw Maciaczyk, Thomas Reithmeier, Michael Trippel, Marcus O. Pinsker Brain metastases are diagnosed in approximately 20% to 40% of patients…
Chapter 116 Novel Targets in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders Steven Ojemann, Oszkar Szentirmai, Gidon Felsen The surgical treatment of movement disorders has evolved considerably over the last 15…
Chapter 117 Molecular Therapies for Movement Disorders Michael J. Nanaszko, Michael G. Kaplitt Movement disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD), are currently treated pharmacologically by systemic administration of drugs that…
Chapter 115 Cervical Dystonia and Spasmodic Torticollis Indications and Techniques John Yianni, Dipankar Nandi, Tipu Aziz History of Dystonic Conditions One of the earliest descriptions of dystonia was recorded by…
Chapter 97 Management of Shunt Infections Claudio Yampolsky, Pablo Ajler Hydrocephalus is one of the most common conditions in neurosurgical practice. Hydrocephalus prevalence in childhood ranges from 0.5 to 1…
