Chapter 53 Basic Principles of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and New Frontiers Alexander S. Taghva, Chima O. Oluigbo, Ali R. Rezai Clinical Pearls • The spectrum…
Chapter 5 Spinal Dysraphism and Tethered Spinal Cord Leslie N. Sutton, Joel A. Bauman, Luke J. Macyszyn Clinical Pearls • Spinal dysraphism refers to anomalies of the spine in which…
Chapter 19 Intracranial Hypertension Ryan Morton, Richard G. Ellenbogen Clinical Pearls • States of impaired consciousness are expressed as numerical scores on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which is used…
Chapter 3 Principles of Modern Neuroimaging Kathleen R. Tozer Fink, Michael R. Levitt, James R. Fink Clinical Pearls • Noncontrast head computed tomography (CT) is the imaging test of choice…
Chapter 38 Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors Madjid Samii, Venelin M. Gerganov Clinical Pearls • Comprehensive knowledge of the complex anatomy of the cerebellopontine (CP) angle is a prerequisite for achieving good…
Chapter 8 Diagnosis and Surgical Options for Craniosynostosis Mitchel Seruya, Suresh N. Magge, Robert F. Keating Clinical Pearls • In craniosynostosis, skull growth is arrested in the direction perpendicular to…
Chapter 17 Endovascular Neurosurgery Sabareesh K. Natarajan, Adnan H. Siddiqui, L. Nelson Hopkins, Elad I. Levy Clinical Pearls • Endovascular neurosurgery has undergone tremendous expansion in the past two decades…
Chapter 23 Injuries to the Cervical Spine M. Yashar S. Kalani, Aristotelis S. Filippidis, Nicholas Theodore Clinical Pearls • The cervical spine is mobile and highly prone to traumatic injury….
Chapter 49 Surgical Therapy for Pain Giovanni Broggi, Francesco Acerbi, Morgan Broggi, Giuseppe Messina Clinical Pearls • Chronic pain syndromes are of two types: cancer-related pain and chronic benign pain….
Chapter 45 Application of Current Radiation Delivery Systems and Radiobiology Jay Loeffler, Helen Shih, Melin Khandekar Clinical Pearls • Radiosurgery involves the delivery of a high dose of ionizing radiation…
