Pearls of Skull Base Meningioma Surgery
18 Pearls of Skull Base Meningioma Surgery Meningiomas are the among the most frequent skull base tumors, warranting some specific considerations, which are summarized here. Epidemiological Pearls • Thirty percent…
Hi-Tech Tools in Skull Base Surgery
13 Hi-Tech Tools in Skull Base Surgery 3D Endoscopy • Endoscopes are part of the armamentarium of skull base surgeons, in both pure endoscopic and microsurgical endoscope-assisted approaches.1,2 • The…
Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers as outcome measures in clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease
Figure 24.1 Phases of development for a surrogate marker of progression in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Biomarker discovery leads to identification of species that are most often first studied in cross-sectional…
Deep-brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in the management of Parkinson’s disease
Figure 19.1 Deep-brain stimulation selection decision-making algorithm, based on CAPSIT criteria. Reproduced with permission from Duker AP, Espay AJ. Surgical Treatment of Parkinson Disease: Past, Present, and Future. Neurol Clin…
