CHAPTER 218 Developmental Abnormalities of the Craniocervical Junction Arnold H. Menezes, Timothy W. Vogel The first anatomic description of “manifestations of occipital vertebrae” was attributed to Meckel in 1815 by…
CHAPTER 327 Neurochemical Pathomechanisms in Traumatic Brain Injury J. Chris Zacko, Gregory W.J. Hawryluk, M. Ross Bullock The physiologic and neurochemical aftermath following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an extraordinarily…
CHAPTER 248 Principles of Radiation Therapy Carryn Anderson, John Bayouth, John M. Buatti Radiation therapy continues to evolve, yet many of the basic principles underlying its application remain constant. In…
CHAPTER 280 Anterior Approach for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Mark Garrett, Juan Bartolomei, Volker K.H. Sonntag The progression of cervical spondylosis can be insidious, and symptoms can range from relatively asymptomatic…
CHAPTER 305 Image-Guided Spinal Navigation Principles and Clinical Applications Iain H. Kalfas Image-guided spinal navigation is a computer-based surgical technology designed to improve intraoperative orientation to the unexposed anatomy during…
CHAPTER 65 Topectomy and Multiple Subpial Transection Patrick J. Connolly, Atsushi Umemura, Gordon H. Baltuch, Richard W. Byrne Topectomy The prevalence of epilepsy is approximately 1%. In the majority of…
CHAPTER 223 Thoracolumbar Spinal Disorders in Pediatric Patients* Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey Disorders of the pediatric thoracolumbar spine include a remarkably diverse range of conditions arising from congenital,…
CHAPTER 294 Lumbar Arthroplasty Total Disk Replacement and Nucleus Replacement Technologies Domagoj Coric, Paul Kim Mechanical low back pain (LBP) because of lumbar degenerative disk disease (DDD) has been problematic…
CHAPTER 132 Meningeal Sarcoma and Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma Alim M. Ladha, Barton L. Guthrie, Matthew G. Ewend Meningeal sarcoma and hemangiopericytoma are two disparate entities that have several things in common,…
CHAPTER 389 Surgical and Radiosurgical Management of Giant Arteriovenous Malformations Steven D. Chang, Gary K. Steinberg Successful treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remains one of the more challenging problems faced…
