Surgery for Cervical Spine Trauma
7 Surgery for Cervical Spine TraumaDavid A. Vincent, Paul C. McCormick, Mark N. Hadley The treatment of patients with spinal disease has traditionally represented a large portion of general neurosurgical…
Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases
6 Radiosurgery for Brain MetastasesJason P. Sheehan, Douglas Kondziolka, withTimothy C. Ryken Brain metastasis is the most common type of intracranial tumor.1 Each year, the number of brain tumor metastases…
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
8 Peripheral Nerve SurgeryJacob P. Schwarz, James N. Campbell As with many other areas of surgery, the principles for operative management of peripheral nerve problems have evolved from the published…
Cerebrovascular Surgery
4 Cerebrovascular SurgeryJ. Max Findlay, E. Thomas Chappell Patient Assessment In cerebrovascular surgery, assessment of the patient’s condition can include imaging studies such as obliteration of aneurysm after clipping, increased…
Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conceptual Framework
1 Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conceptual FrameworkStephen J. Haines, Joyce S. Nicholas What Is Evidence-Based Medicine? Evidence-based medicine is a way of practicing medicine, of making clinical decisions and solving patients’…
Evidence-Based Neurosurgery in Practice: Blending Art and Science
9 Evidence-Based Neurosurgery in Practice: Blending Art and ScienceStephen J. Haines Evidence-Based Medicine: The Operating Microscope of Neurosurgical Decision Making Neurosurgeons are, for the most part, technophiles: We love technology…
Infection in Neurosurgery
2 Infection in NeurosurgeryBeverly C. Walters, Stephen J. Haines Infection remains a cause of serious morbidity and mortality in neurosurgical disease and practice. From the potentially devastating consequences of brain…
Neural Tube Defects
73 Neural Tube Defects Michelle Ge, Sean Barber, Lora Kahn, and Jaime Gasco 73.1 Myelomeningocele What is myelomeningocele? Extrusion of CNS structures (neural tissue, CSF, and meninges) through a posterior…
General Considerations
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Other Craniofacial and Spinal Malformations
72 Other Craniofacial and Spinal Malformations Michelle Ge, Sean Barber, Lora Kahn, and Jaime Gasco 72.1 Arachnoid Cyst (Intracranial) What are arachnoid cysts composed of? CSF-like fluid surrounded by an…
