Chapter 41 Endoscopic Approaches to Ventricular Tumors and Colloid Cysts Scott D. Wait, Charles Teo Clinical Pearls • It is essential to be knowledgeable about the equipment and practice on…
Chapter 51 Surgery for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Carlo Giussani, Carlo Marras Clinical Pearls • The most common medically intractable epilepsy appropriate for epilepsy surgery has a temporal…
Chapter 10 Posterior Fossa and Brainstem Tumors in Children Adrienne Weeks, Aria Fallah, James T. Rutka Clinical Pearls • Presentation and Investigation − Presentation of posterior fossa lesions is dictated…
Chapter 12 Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease and Carotid Surgery Geoffrey Appelboom, Matthew Piazza, E. Sander Connolly, Jr. Clinical Pearls • Atherosclerotic occlusive disease is the most commonly seen cervical common carotid…
Chapter 15 Cavernous Malformations Management Strategies Aimee Two, Ali K. Ozturk, Murat Gunel Clinical Pearls • Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular lesions that contain a compact bundle of pathological…
Chapter 35 Metastatic Brain Tumors Juanita M. Celix, Daniel L. Silbergeld Clinical Pearls • A metastatic brain tumor means that the patient has stage IV cancer, with median survival of…
Chapter 27 Spinal Cord Injury David W. Cadotte, Michael G. Fehlings Clinical Pearls • Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a problem in both the developed and developing countries and is…
Chapter 34 Low-Grade and High-Grade Gliomas Nader Sanai, Mitchel S. Berger Clinical Pearls • Low-grade gliomas (LGGs) account for 15% of primary adult tumors diagnosed, and in adults they mainly…
Chapter 26 Treatment of Spinal Metastatic Tumors Ilya Laufer, Marcella A. Madera, Daniel Sciubba, Ziya L. Gokaslan Clinical Pearls • Histology plays paramount role in determination of tumor treatment. After…
Chapter 11 Causes of Nontraumatic Hemorrhagic Stroke in Children Pediatric Moyamoya Syndrome Edward R. Smith, R. Michael Scott Clinical Pearls • Ischemic stroke is relatively rare in children (approximately 2…
