CHAPTER 231 Peripheral Nerve Examination, Evaluation, and Biopsy Stephen M. Russell, Rajiv Midha The diagnostic approach to a patient with a peripheral nerve lesion is primarily clinical and thus rests…
CHAPTER 168 Motor Cortex Stimulation Jaimie M. Henderson, Shivanand P. Lad, Kevin Chao Electrical stimulation of the nervous system has been known since antiquity to have analgesic effects. Intermittent application…
CHAPTER 166 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain Konstantin V. Slavin, Paula Eboli, Sabri Aydin Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves is used in a variety of medical applications. The most…
CHAPTER 154 Anatomy and Physiology of Pain Mary M. Heinricher, Daniel R. Cleary This chapter outlines current thinking on the mechanisms and pathways for transmission and modulation of pain, with…
CHAPTER 88 Surgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Ali R. Rezai, Andre Machado, Donald A. Malone, Jr., Benjamin Greenberg Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common psychiatric condition and is categorized as an…
CHAPTER 387 Endovascular Management of Arteriovenous Malformations for Cure Robert M. Starke, Sean D. Lavine, E. Sander Connolly, Jr., Philip M. Meyers Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital vascular malformations…
CHAPTER 82 Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia Ron L. Alterman Torsion dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by twisting, repetitive movements that result in abnormal, often painful postures.1 Different muscle…
CHAPTER 377 Endovascular Hunterian Ligation Raqeeb Haque, Christopher P. Kellner, Sean D. Lavine Hunterian ligation refers to one of the oldest successful interventions for arterial aneurysms—ligation of the femoral artery…
CHAPTER 137 Neoplastic Meningitis Alyx B. Porter, Kurt A. Jaeckle Neoplastic meningitis (NM; carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal metastasis) is usually a late-stage complication of cancer, and most patients have active systemic…
CHAPTER 261 Radiosurgery for Functional Disorders Douglas Kondziolka, Dong Gyu Kim The origin of stereotactic radiosurgery parallels the developmental history of functional neurosurgery. Leksell initially conceived the idea of closed-skull,…
