Highlights • Sphenopalatine artery, internal carotid artery, and intercavernous sinus are the most common vessels susceptible to inadvertent injury during the transsphenoidal approach. • Endovascular treatment is preferred to surgical…
Keywords epilepsy surgery, complications, temporal lobe surgery, selective amygdalohippocampectomy, hemispherectomy, grid placement, radiofrequency ablation, vagus nerve stimulator Highlights • The safety and efficacy of epilepsy surgery have been demonstrated…
Abstract This chapter summarizes the common complications associated with myelomeningocele closure. Although cerebrospinal fluid leak and spinal cord tethering/fixation at the closure site and the most common problems, other issues…
Abstract Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for the child with a posterior fossa tumor. However, posterior fossa tumor surgery does involve greater morbidity and mortality and has a wider…
Highlights • Complications after treatment of trigeminal neuralgias are rare, but they are debilitating when they occur. • Facial numbness and masseter weakness are common complications after all treatment modalities….
Case Report A 63-year-old man presented on referral from a neurologist specializing in movement disorders, with medically intractable Parkinson disease (PD). The patient had levodopa-induced dyskinesias, rigidity, bradykinesia, freezing, and…
Abstract Craniopharyngioma is an uncommon, benign but locally aggressive intracranial tumor. Management of this entity is challenging and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Microsurgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment. However,…
Highlights • Endoscopic third ventriculostomy complications include hemorrhage, neurologic deficits, and failure of the ventriculostomy. • Ventricular shunt complications can be broadly categorized as infections, mechanical failures of the shunt,…
Abstract Radiosurgery is now considered as the first line management option for the majority of small to medium sized acoustic (vestibular schwannomas) patients who desire facial and auditory nerve preservation….
Abstract Surgical intervention remains a mainstay of effective treatment for both benign and malignant pineal lesions and a variety of surgical approaches have been designed to treat tumors arising in…
