Jugular Foramen Tumors: Diagnosis and Management
Histology No. of cases Total Subtotal Paragangliomas 74 58a 16b Schwannomas 19 19 00 Meningiomas 13 07 06 Aneur. bone cyst 02 02 00 Chondrosarcoma 07 01 06 Chordoma 07…
NEUROLOGY
The Surgical Management of Trigeminal Schwannomas
Fig. 21.1 Large extracranial trigeminal schwannoma with small middle fossa extension (type A) Fig. 21.2 Drawing of trigeminal schwannoma with main portion in the middle fossa and small extracranial extension…
Petroclival Meningiomas Diagnosis, Treatment, and Results
Fig. 19.1 (a, b) Cerebellopontine angle meningioma. (c) Low clivus meningioma. (d–f) Petroclival meningioma 19.3 History Classically, posterior fossa meningiomas were classified in 1953 by Castellano and Ruggiero [5] using…
Facial Nerve Schwannomas
Fig. 22.1 Most common origin sites of facial nerve schwannomas. ICA internal carotid artery, TN trigeminal nerve, TU tumor 22.2 Surgical Anatomy The surgical anatomy of the petrous apex, temporal…
Surgery of Large and Giant Residual/Recurrent Vestibular Schwannomas
Patient Age No. of previous surgeries Size 1st op (cm) Tu. types Grade resection last surgery (%) Radiation therapy after previous surgery(ies) Size before definitive surgery (cm) Time between last…
Pituitary Surgery Beyond the Sella
Fig. 32.1 The “combined endoscopic transnasal/transseptal binostril approach.” Observe the nasoseptal flap on the left side (F) and the intact right septal mucosa (SM), sphenoid rostrum (SR), inferior turbinate (IT),…
Intraoperative Brain Mapping
Demographic data n = 51, Male: 29, Female: 22, Median age: 38 years (16–78) EOR Symptoms Histology Location Preoperative KPS Postoperative KPS Total (25) = 49 % Irritative (38) = 74.5 % High-grade gliomas (21) = 41.1 %…
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Hydrocephalus
Fig. 34.1 Photograph of a paper record made while monitoring intracranial pressure epidurally in a patient with normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Sequences of symmetrical B-waves, initially described by Lundberg in the…
Facial Pain: Diagnosis and Therapy
1. Typical history and examination according to International Headache Society criteria 2. Pain has at least four of the following characteristics: 2a. Distribution along one or more divisions of the…
Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Lower Extremity
Fig. 36.1 Schematic drawing of the posterior aspect of the hip and femur to illustrate the site of entrapment of the sciatic nerve. 1 Superior gluteal nerve, 2 piriformis muscle,…
