10.1055/b-0039-171768 6 Pediatric Neurosurgery 6.1 Craniosynostosis (Table 6.1) Type Presentation Diagnostics Other Treatment Deformational plagiocephaly AKA positional plagiocephaly CAUTION: must be differentiated from true suture synostosis Head has a parallelogram…
10.1055/b-0039-171770 8 Other Diseases 8.1 Hydrocephalus (Table 8.1) Definition/condition Diagnosis and comments Treatment Imaging criteria for diagnosis of hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus suspected if: Ballooning of lateral ventricles and 3rd ventricle Transependymal…
10.1055/b-0039-171769 7 Functional Neurosurgery 7.1 Pain 7.1.1 Neuralgia (Table 7.1a) Disease Presentation Diagnostics Other Treatment Trigeminal neuralgia AKA Tic Douloureux Paroxysmal, electric shooting character Triggers: eating, talking, brushing teeth, touching…
10.1055/b-0039-171772 10 Surgical Procedures 10.1 Pterional (Frontotemporal Craniotomy) 10.1.1 Basic Information (Table 10.1a) Indications Aneurysms (anterior circulation + basilar tip and superior cerebellar artery) Tumors: Extra-axial: in sphenoid, parasellar, cavernous…
10.1055/b-0039-171774 12 Neurology for Neurosurgeons 12.1 Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies (Nerve Conduction Velocity) (Table 12.1) Electromyography (EMG) Normal Abnormal No electrical activity with muscle at rest Muscle at rest:…
10.1055/b-0039-171773 11 Surgical Complications 11.1 Complications After Cranial Procedures Acute brain swelling and herniation during craniotomy (Table 11.1a ) Presentation Acute brain swelling External herniation of brain matter through craniotomy…
10.1055/b-0039-171758 39 NeuroprostheticsEric C Leuthardt, Wilson Z. Ray, Jarod L Roland Abstract Can a computer infer human intention or perception? It is now possible that it can. Devices that convert…
10.1055/b-0039-171760 41 Visual ProsthesesJeffrey V. Rosenfeld and Yan Wong Abstract The field of electrical implants for vision restoration in the blind is rapidly advancing, though there are many blind individuals…
10.1055/b-0039-171757 38 Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring during Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal NeuralgiaDenmark Mugutso, Charles Warnecke, and Marat Avshalumov Abstract Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (INM) has become an integral part of microvascular decompression…
10.1055/b-0039-171759 40 ExoskeletonsHamid Shah, Dario Englot and Peter Konrad Abstract Spinal injury is a devastating event which currently has limited therapies. In the absence of restorative therapies, modalities to mimic…
