(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 13.1 Introduction The postoperative course of resective epilepsy operations is usually relatively predictable, similar to any uncomplicated neurosurgical…
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 10.1 Introduction 10.1.1 Anatomy The occipital lobe, the smallest of the cerebral lobes, has three surfaces—dorsolateral, medial, and…
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 1.1 Pre-twentieth Century The poor understanding of epileptic disorders in the nineteenth century gave rise to what now…
Fig. 2.1 Anatomical images of endoscopic exploration of the right nostril and identification of the nasal landmarks. (a) The inferior portion of the right nostril. (b) The middle turbinate. (c)…
Fig. 6.1 (a) Sagittal, (b) coronal, and (c) axial preoperative MRi scans showing an intra- and suprasellar infradiaphragmatic craniopharyngioma, partially cystic, displacing upward the optic chiasm and the floor of…
Fig. 29.1 Diagram showing inlay and onlay technique of synthetic dura placement. (a) Coronal view showing how the synthetic dura is introduced above the supraorbital walls in a double layer….
Fig. 11.1 MRI study in a 39-year-old woman. MRI study without contrast-medium administration: (a) coronal spin-echo T1-weighted (T1WI), (b) coronal turbo-spin-echo T2-weighted (T2WI) and (c) coronal gradient-echo T2* sequences. MRI…
Fig. 3.1 MRI after gadolinium. Different tumors should be approached with different approaches, considering their different biological features and paths of growth. In (a, b) (coronal and axial views), the…
Fig. 22.1 MR imaging of a planum sphenoidale meningioma. (a) Axial T1-weighted contrast-enhanced image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted contrast-enhanced image. (c) Sagittal T2-weighted image showing perifocal edema (Created by H.W. Schroeder…
Fig. 21.1 T1-weighted MR images with gadolinium contrast enhancement showing a planum sphenoidale meningioma. Preoperative coronal (a) and sagittal (b) scans; postoperative coronal (c) and sagittal (d) scans In T1-weighted…
