CHAPTER 55 Neuroradiologic Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery Suzan Dyve, Leif Sørensen, Adam N. Mamelak, William W. Sutherling, Gregory D. Cascino Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Functional Imaging (Diffusion Tensor…
CHAPTER 61 Surgery for Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy James W. Leiphart, Itzhak Fried One of the most significant developments in the treatment of epilepsy has been the recognition of specific surgically…
CHAPTER 244 Benign Tumors of the Peripheral Nerve Daniel H. Kim, Allan H. Friedman, Ryan S. Kitagawa, David G. Kline History From the time of Hippocrates through the 18th century,…
CHAPTER 183 Syndromic Craniosynostosis Matthew D. Smyth, Daniel Marchac, Dominique Renier In addition to the risk for brain compression and cranial deformities, the facial involvement observed in patients with faciocraniosynostosis…
CHAPTER 358 Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Hamad Farhat, Thomas Kretschmer, Jacques J. Morcos Ever since McKissock, Richardson, and Taylor reported on their evaluation of the surgical and conservative treatment of…
CHAPTER 373 Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms Bernard R. Bendok, Daniel L. Surdell, Arun K. Sherma, H. Hunt Batjer Basilar Apex Project The surgical management of basilar apex aneurysms remains…
CHAPTER 385 Therapeutic Decision Making Michael Morgan Therapeutic decision making for “true,” or parenchymal, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain is a complex process requiring analysis of the multiple pathways…
CHAPTER 309 Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults Alfred T. Ogden, Theodore H. Schwartz, Paul C. McCormick Spinal cord tumors account for about 15% of central nervous system neoplasms,1 and most…
CHAPTER 90 Ablative Surgery for Spasticity Marc Sindou, Patrick Mertens Spasticity can be defined as a velocity-dependent resistance to passive movement of a joint and its associated musculature. Spasticity is…
CHAPTER 133 Acoustic Neuroma Scott A. Meyer, Kalmon D. Post History In 1777, the first reported pathologic case of an acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) was made in an autopsy report…
