Chapter 180 Management of Penetrating Injuries to the Spine Michelle J. Clarke, R.a.j. Narayan, Timothy F. Witham Penetrating spinal injuries (PSIs) encompass a range of traumatic etiologies, from nonmissile injuries…
Chapter 158 Circumferential Cervical Spinal Fusion Thomas B. Ducker, Timothy G. Burke Recent advances in complex spinal surgery have helped foster the increased number of cervical spine procedures that are…
Chapter 38 Tumors Involving the Cavernous Sinus John Diaz Day, Dong Xia Feng, Takanori Fukushima Until 1965, when Parkinson’s landmark article describing the direct surgical approach to carotid-cavernous fistulas was…
Chapter 105 Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations Ramiro Del-Valle, Marco Zenteno Following Roentgen’s discovery of x-rays, there was early interest in the use of…
Chapter 44 Surgical Management of Tumors of the Jugular Foramen James K. Liu, Gaurav Gupta, Lana D. Christiano, Takanori Fukushima The management of jugular foramen tumors remains challenging for the…
Chapter 152 Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Jho Procedure) Microscopic or Endoscopic David H. Jho, Diana H. Jho, Hae-Dong Jho The optimal surgical treatment of degenerative cervical spine disease that involves radiculopathy…
Chapter 171 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Indications and Techniques Sunil Jeswani, Doniel Drazin, John C. Liu, Christopher Ames, Frank L. Acosta History Anterior approaches to the spine have been used…
Chapter 176 Atlantoaxial Instability and Stabilization Jean-Paul Wollinsky, Reza Yassari The atlantoaxial junction is a delicate anatomic complex that involves an intricate relationship between the atlas and the axis to…
Chapter 205 Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Shimon Rochkind, Eric Zager Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) refers to a group of complex symptoms in the upper extremity caused by compression of…
Chapter 35 Supraorbital Approach Variants for Intracranial Tumors Rodrigo Ramos-Zúñiga, Shaan M. Raza, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa The fundamental basis of “keyhole” neurosurgery lies in the fact that, if designed and tailored…
