Epilepsy Surgery
CHAPTER 70 Epilepsy Surgery Outcome and Complications Anthony L. Petraglia, Christian B. Kaufman, Webster H. Pilcher The past 25 years has witnessed the evolution of epilepsy monitoring and surgery into…
Peripheral Neuropathies
CHAPTER 233 Peripheral Neuropathies William Campbell, Aaron G. Filler Peripheral neuropathies are conditions that affect peripheral nerve axons, their myelin sheaths, or both and produce a variety of signs and…
Postoperative Infections of the Spine
CHAPTER 41 Postoperative Infections of the Spine Michael A. Finn, Meic H. Schmidt Postoperative infections in patients undergoing spine surgery are unfortunate complications that significantly contribute to patient morbidity. Although…
Growing Skull Fracture
CHAPTER 211 Growing Skull Fracture Robert Owen, Thomas Pittman Growing skull fractures are rare and occur, almost exclusively, during the first years of life. There has been disagreement about the…
Treatment of Intractable Vertigo
CHAPTER 92 Treatment of Intractable Vertigo Zackary E. Boomsaad, Steven A. Telian, Parag G. Pati Vertigo is the illusory sensation of rotational or translational movement. Disorders producing vertigo may be…
Auditory Language Mapping
CHAPTER 58 Auditory Language Mapping Zachary Wright, Guy M. McKhann, II As described in Chapter 57, electrical stimulation mapping of language cortex is a useful adjunct for a variety of…
Invasion in Malignant Glioma
CHAPTER 103 Invasion in Malignant Glioma Ian Lee, Mark L. Rosenblum There is little question that the infiltrative behavior of malignant gliomas in the brain is one of the primary…
Subthalamotomy in Parkinson’s Disease
CHAPTER 81 Subthalamotomy in Parkinson’s Disease Indications and Outcome Jorge Guridi, Lázaro Alvarez, Raul Macías, José A. Obeso The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is currently the target of choice for the…
