Skull Tumors and Fibrous Dysplasia
CHAPTER 206 Skull Tumors and Fibrous Dysplasia Andrew D. Parent, James M. Shiflett Scalp and skull masses are often initially evaluated because of their abnormal cosmetic appearance or discovery of…
NEUROSURGERY
Acquired Abnormalities of the Craniocervical Junction
CHAPTER 289 Acquired Abnormalities of the Craniocervical Junction Arnold H. Menezes, Gregory W. Albert The craniocervical junction is the most complex portion of the axial skeleton. The geometry of the…
Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
CHAPTER 325 Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury Peter C. Blumbergs It is conceptually useful to divide traumatic brain injury (TBI) into primary and secondary types of damage provided that it…
Ventricular Shunting Procedures
CHAPTER 190 Ventricular Shunting Procedures Jeffrey P. Blount The development of effective shunt procedures represents a landmark accomplishment in neurosurgery. Despite a somewhat notorious failure rate that has spawned a…
Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors
CHAPTER 104 Angiogenesis and Brain Tumors Molecular Targets and Molecular Scalpels Steven Brem, Eric T. Wong The treatment of brain tumors, especially glioblastoma, is being transformed by the recent introduction…
Imaging for Peripheral Nerve Disorders
CHAPTER 235 Imaging for Peripheral Nerve Disorders Aaron G. Filler The development of most subspecialties in neurosurgery has been closely associated with developments in imaging—radiography, pneumoencephalography, and angiography, all of…
Glomus Tumors
CHAPTER 141 Glomus Tumors Massimo Gerosa, Paolo Rizzo In past decades, the term glomus tumor (GT) has commonly been used to identify the relatively most frequent and representative neoplastic form…
Craniofacial Injuries
CHAPTER 339 Craniofacial Injuries Peter L. Reilly, David J. David The craniofacial region extends from the coronal suture to the chin. The bony and soft tissue anatomy includes the anterior…
Concepts and Mechanisms of Spinal Biomechanics
CHAPTER 265 Concepts and Mechanisms of Spinal Biomechanics Vincent J. Miele, Tarun Bhalla, G. Alexander Jones, Edward C. Benzel Over the past decade, increased understanding of the spinal column has…
Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Energy Metabolism
CHAPTER 7 Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Energy Metabolism Albert Gjedde, Pierre Magistretti Brain Work Supports Information Processing Theoretical considerations and experimental results indicate that the human brain operates close to…
