Nerve Tumors
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 13.1 Types, Symptoms, and Diagnosis Most types of nerve tumor are characterized by the same slowly proceeding symptoms that we consider as typical…
NEUROLOGY
Surgical Treatment of Focal Neuropathies
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 7.1 Technical Implications The surgical treatment of focal entrapments predominantly consists of nerve relief and decompression. Entrapment syndromes are lesions in anatomically narrowed…
Introduction
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany Revolutionary novelties were discovered during the 1960s when microsurgery was introduced in the large field of nerve traumatology and nerve repair. Inducing significantly…
Pathophysiology of Nerve Lesions
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 3.1 Degrees of Nerve Lesion The following chapter mainly considers trauma-related peripheral nerve lesions. It is of low importance in explaining nerve irritation…
Nerve Torsion (Rotation)
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany For about 20 years, observations and reports have appeared about exceptional cases of suddenly rotated nerve segments [1]. The etiology of this phenomenon…
Clinical Presentation of Focal Nerve Lesions
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 4.1 Diagnosis, Assessment, and Completion Each focal neuropathy first needs a careful exploration of the patient’s history and evaluation of his clinical symptoms….
Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
Figure 9.1 In these side (a) and front (b) views of an artist’s impression of a brain AVM, note the abnormal tangle of vessels, nidus, with feeding arterial vessels and…
Brain Aneurysms
Figure 8.1 (a) This image depicts a gross, intra-operative view of a cerebral aneurysm in the center of the picture. At the sides of the aneurysms (red color) is the…
Moyamoya Disease
Adults Pediatric (<18 years) TIA 55 % TIA 38 % Stroke 59 % Stroke 40 % Hemorrhage 16 % Hemorrhage 6 % Seizure 14 % Seizure 11 % Headache 49…
Non-malignant Brain Tumors
Figure 1.1 (a) Diffuse astrocytoma demonstrating increased cellularity and disruption of the normal orderly pattern of cells. WHO grade II astrocytomas lack the endothelial proliferation and necrosis seen in malignant…
