Posterior Fossa Infections
8 Posterior Fossa Infections Vijaysaradhi Mudumba, Challa Sundaram, and Prasad Vannemreddy Infections in the posterior fossa are ominous not only due to its small dimensions, but also due to the…
8 Posterior Fossa Infections Vijaysaradhi Mudumba, Challa Sundaram, and Prasad Vannemreddy Infections in the posterior fossa are ominous not only due to its small dimensions, but also due to the…
21 Endovascular Treatment of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms Ramachandra P. Tummala, Junichi Yamamoto, Eric Sauvageau, and L. Nelson Hopkins Aneurysms of the posterior circulation account for roughly 20% of all intracranial…
22 Posterior Interhemispheric Approach to Pineal Region and Brainstem Prasad Vannemreddy, Haim Ezer, and Anil Nanda In the United States, pineal-region tumors constitute approximately 1 to 3% of the intracranial…
11 Basic Concepts in Posterior Fossa Surgery Lissa C. Baird, Vijayakumar Javalkar, and Anil Nanda The neural structures found within the posterior fossa are responsible for some of the most…
23 Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations and Cavernous Angiomas Ramachandra P. Tummala, Mustafa K. Başkaya, and Roberto C. Heros ♦ General Surgical Strategies The planning of a surgical approach in the…
14 The Retromastoid Approach: Techniques and Results Madjid Samii, Sam Safavi-Abbasi, and Amir Samii Since its development at the turn of the 20th century, the retromastoid-retrosigmoid suboccipital approach remains, after…
16 Middle Fossa Craniotomy Jose N. Fayad and Derald E. Brackmann William House refined the middle fossa approach in 1961.1 Initially, he used this approach to decompress the internal auditory…
12 Surgical Management of Petroclival Tumors Carl B. Heilman, Vasilios A. Zerris, and Carlos A. David Petroclival meningiomas are among the most difficult cranial base lesions to treat. They are…
18 Management of Posterior Cranial Fossa Pathology: Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Vijayakumar Javalkar, Federico Ampil, and Anil Nanda Radiosurgery is a minimally invasive technique designed to deliver a high dose of…
6 Congenital Chiari Malformations Vijayakumar Javalkar and Anil Nanda Chiari malformations include a group of complex anomalies of the hindbrain with different etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical feature. These malformations range…