CHAPTER 117 Surgical Complications of Brain Tumors and Their Avoidance Ronald E. Warnick Craniotomy for resection of intrinsic brain tumors is performed with the goals of establishing a tissue diagnosis,…
CHAPTER 394 Supratentorial and Infratentorial Cavernous Malformations Gregory P. Lekovic, Randall W. Porter, Robert F. Spetzler Cavernous malformations (CMs) account for 5% to 13% of vascular lesions of the central…
CHAPTER 236 Distal Entrapment Syndromes Carpal Tunnel, Cubital Tunnel, Peroneal, and Tarsal Tunnel Charles P. Toussaint, Eric L. Zager Entrapment neuropathies are widespread and debilitating clinical conditions that have a…
CHAPTER 188 Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology J. Gordon McComb, Shinya Yamada Under normal physiologic conditions, most of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is secreted by the choroid plexus and flows through the…
CHAPTER 208 Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation Alejandro Berenstein, Yasunari Niimi Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations (VGAMs) are arteriovenous (AV) fistulas in the choroid fissure supplied by the choroidal arteries…
CHAPTER 75 Clinical Overview of Movement Disorders Ihtsham ul Haq, Kelly D. Foote, Michael S. Okun Movement disorders are a group of conditions that arise from functional aberrations in the…
CHAPTER 121 Low-Grade Gliomas Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, and Mixed Glioma Nader Sanai, Mitchel S. Berger Epidemiology Glial tumors constitute about half of newly diagnosed primary brain tumors, with low-grade gliomas (LGGs)…
CHAPTER 259 Radiosurgery of Benign Intracranial Tumors Jean Régis, Marc Lévêque, Frédéric Castinetti, Pierre-Hugues Roche Radiosurgery has become one of the primary modalities used for the management of intracranial tumors.1–3…
CHAPTER 238 Piriformis Syndrome, Obturator Internus Syndrome, Pudendal Nerve Entrapment, and Other Pelvic Entrapments Aaron G. Filler, Holly Gilmer-Hill Nerve entrapments of the posterior pelvis (sciatic nerve, posterior femoral cutaneous…
CHAPTER 380 Revascularization Techniques for Complex Aneurysms and Skull Base Tumors Joshua R. Dusick, Nestor R. Gonzalez, Neil A. Martin After its introduction in 1967 by Donaghy and Yasargil,1 the…
