Chapter 44 Endoscopic Approaches to Skull Base Lesions, Ventricular Tumors, and Cysts Nancy McLaughlin, Daniel M. Prevedello, Daniel Kelly, Ricardo L. Carrau, Amin B. Kassam, Scott D. Wait, Charles Teo,…
Chapter 24 Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures Edward M. Marchan, George M. Ghobrial, James S. Harrop Clinical Pearls • The thoracolumbar junction is a flexible transition region in the spine, susceptible to…
Chapter 47 Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Vascular Malformations Chun Po Yen, Chris Cifarelli, David Schlesinger, Jason P. Sheehan Clinical Pearls • Regardless of modality, radiosurgical devices achieve the desired characteristics of…
Chapter 16 Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Alan Hoffer, Justin Singer, Nicholas C. Bambakidis, Warren Selman Clinical Pearls • Hemorrhagic stroke accounts for 10% of all strokes. Strokes are the third leading…
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…
