CHAPTER 355 Intracranial Occlusive Disease Steven W. Hwang, Seon Kyu Lee, Carlos A. David Intracranial Atherosclerosis Epidemiology About 750,000 people in the United States suffer ischemic cerebrovascular events each year,…
CHAPTER 143 Esthesioneuroblastoma Jonas M. Sheehan, John A. Jane, Sr. Esthesioneuroblastoma, first described by Berger, Luc, and Richard in 1924,1 is an uncommon neoplasm that arises from olfactory epithelium high…
CHAPTER 266 Biomaterials and Biomechanics of Spinal Arthroplasty Brian R. Subach, Anne G. Copay, Thomas C. Schuler The concept of artificial disk replacement is clearly not new. Documented attempts at…
CHAPTER 301 Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation James M. Schuster, Neil R. Malhotra The insertion of spinal instrumentation, especially pedicle screws, in the thoracic spine can be one of the most challenging…
CHAPTER 276 Infections of the Spine Dennis G. Vollmer, Nitin Tandon Infections of the spinal axis have been recognized throughout history. Evidence of tubercular disease of the spine has been…
CHAPTER 300 Anterior Thoracic Instrumentation Omar N. Syed, Paul C. McCormick, Michael G. Kaiser Reconstruction of the anterior thoracic spine has dramatically changed in the past several decades. The early…
CHAPTER 247 General and Historical Considerations of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Mark E. Linskey, Jeffrey V. Kuo, James K.C. Liu In the little more than a century since its discovery, ionizing…
CHAPTER 395 Classification of Spinal Arteriovenous Lesions Arteriovenous Fistulas and Arteriovenous Malformations Shervin R. Dashti, Maria Toledo, Louis J. Kim, Robert F. Spetzler Spinal arteriovenous lesions are a collection of…
CHAPTER 214 Myelomeningocele and Myelocystocele Todd C. Hankinson, Richard C.E. Anderson, Neil A. Feldstein Myelomeningocele is a manifestation of a generalized malformation of the central nervous system (CNS) that occurs…
CHAPTER 20 Molecular Imaging of the Brain with Positron Emission Tomography William P. Melega, Antonio A.F. De Salles Advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of diseases are providing…
