Meningiomas
CHAPTER 131 Meningiomas Ossama Al-Mefty, Saleem I. Abdulrauf, Georges F. Haddad Historical Background A meningioma is, in many ways, the soul of neurosurgery. The progress in meningioma treatment mirrors advances…
Spinal Vascular Malformations
CHAPTER 397 Spinal Vascular Malformations Aaron S. Dumont, Edward H. Oldfield Patients with spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) may have an insidious, subacute, or acute onset of symptoms, depending on the…
Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism and Cerebral Ischemia
CHAPTER 343 Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism and Cerebral Ischemia Caroline C. Tan, Vini G. Khurana, Eduardo E. Benarroch, Fredric B. Meyer This chapter presents a contemporary and integrative basic…
Microsurgical Management of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms
CHAPTER 378 Microsurgical Management of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms Nader Sanai, Michael T. Lawton Giant intracranial aneurysms have, by definition, a minimum diameter of at least 25 mm. Their dismal natural history…
Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
CHAPTER 335 Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury J. Chris Zacko, Leo Harris, M. Ross Bullock Approximately 1.5 million head injuries occur every year in the United States, with 250,000…
Hemispheric Disconnection Procedures
CHAPTER 66 Hemispheric Disconnection Procedures Johannes Schramm Definition Hemispheric disconnection procedures are a group of surgical interventions for chronic epilepsy that are used as alternatives to anatomic hemispherectomy. The common…
Evidence Base for Destructive Procedures
CHAPTER 169 Evidence Base for Destructive Procedures Justin S. Cetas, Ahmed Raslan, Kim J. Burchiel The surgical treatment of pain has been an integral part of neurosurgery since the early…
Basic Principles of Skull Base Surgery
CHAPTER 116 Basic Principles of Skull Base Surgery Madjid Samii, Marcos Tatagiba, Venelin Gerganov Historical Landmarks Until the beginning of the 20th century, lesions located at the base of the…
Anterior Cervical Instrumentation
CHAPTER 297 Anterior Cervical Instrumentation U. Kumar Kakarla, Curtis A. Dickman, Volker K.H. Sonntag Pathologic processes that compromise the biomechanical integrity of the cervical spine ultimately require management that incorporates…
Clinical Evaluation of Adult Hydrocephalus
CHAPTER 34 Clinical Evaluation of Adult Hydrocephalus Nicole C. Keong, Marek Czosnyka, Zofia Czosnyka, John D. Pickard Diagnosis and management of adult patients with hydrocephalus continue to be challenging. Too…
