Management of Penetrating Brain Injury
Chapter 142 Management of Penetrating Brain Injury J. Kent Werner, Jr., Rocco Armonda, Geoffrey T. Manley, Guy Rosenthal Epidemiology Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is defined as an injury resulting from…
Management of Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord
Chapter 174 Management of Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Daniel M. Sciubba, James S. Harrop The cervical spine is the most frequently injured portion of the spinal…
Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Spinal Surgery
Chapter 194 Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Spinal Surgery Sunil Jeswani, Doniel Drazin, Ali Shirzadi, Frank L. Acosta A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can occur after trauma, surgery…
Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas
Chapter 40 Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas Khaled M. Aziz, Sebastien Froelich, Sanjay Bhatia, Alexander K. Yu, Albino Bricolo, Todd Hillman, Raymond F. Sekula, Jr. Posterior fossa meningiomas comprise 10%…
Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults
Chapter 186 Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults Michael Bruneau, Jacques Brotchi The neurosurgical literature on intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) contains many case reports and few…
Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve
Chapter 113 Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve Joseph R. Madsen Epilepsy is estimated to affect approximately 50 million people worldwide,1 with a higher incidence…
Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic Principles
Chapter 28 Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic Principles Alexander Taghva, Charles Y. Liu, Michael L.J. Apuzzo Intraventricular tumors represent a relatively small proportion of central nervous…
Management of Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia
Chapter 182 Management of Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia John Heiss, Edward H. Oldfield Definition and History In 1891, Hans Chiari described three types of cerebellar malformations that were associated with…
Methods of Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis
Chapter 65 Methods of Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis Jose Hinojosa Cranial sutures are essential components in the development of the skull. Nonfunctional sutures during the evolution of the cranial…
Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Complex
Chapter 78 Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Complex Helmut Bertalanffy, Ludwig Benes, Stefan Heinze, Wuttipong Tirakotai, Ulrich Sure Aneurysms of the vertebral artery–posterior…
