Endoscope-Assisted Microsurgery

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Endoscope-Assisted Microsurgery

Fig. 8.1 Preoperative axial, coronal, and sagittal post-contrast T1 volumetric MRI depicting 9 mm homogenously enhancing extra-axial lesion ventral to the medulla Fig. 8.2 Intraoperative photographs. (a) Microscope view depicting…

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Syringomyelia and Syringobulbia

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Syringomyelia and Syringobulbia

Fig. 43.1 Syringomyelia from an arachnoid cyst. MR-T2-weighted sagittal image with no obvious pathology seen (left); MR-3D-true-fisp-weighted sagittal image (CISS sequence) with visualisation of an arachnoid cyst compressing the spinal…

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Proliferation Behaviour of Meningiomas

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Proliferation Behaviour of Meningiomas

Fig. 3.1 Marker expression of primary meningioma cell cultures. Positive immunoreactivity appears as green staining (Alexa Fluor 488). (a) vimentin; (b) CD44; (c) EMA. Original magnification 20× 3.1.2 Immunocytochemical Staining…

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Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome

Fig. 35.1 (a, b) Sagittal MRI of a patient with TCS. An associated lipoma in the lumbar spine had been operated on several years ago. While the nerve roots of…

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Spinal Robotics

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Spinal Robotics

Fig. 7.1 SpineAssist setup. Preoperative CT-based planning of the transpedicular screws (a), intraoperative oblique fluoroscopy for referencing the SpineAssist robot (b), SpineAssist positioned on the bed mount angulating the screw…

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Preoperative Visualization of the Facial Nerve Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Fibre Tracking in Patients with Large Vestibular Schwannomas

Dec 16, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Preoperative Visualization of the Facial Nerve Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Fibre Tracking in Patients with Large Vestibular Schwannomas

Fig. 12.1 Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based fibre tracking of the facial nerve (FN) using commercially available software for navigational surgical planning. Fibre tracking findings are fused with anatomical images, acquired…

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