Chapter 101 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas Daniel Q. Sun, Sachin Batra, Juan Jackson, Roberto Salvatori, Daniele Rigamonti This chapter focuses on the use of gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSRS)…
Chapter 15 Surgical Management of Cerebral Metastases Timothy Siu, Frederick F. Lang Cerebral metastases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with systemic cancer and are among…
Chapter 2 Surgical Navigation with Intraoperative Imaging Special Operating Room Concepts Arya Nabavi, Andreas M. Stark, Lutz Dörner, H. Maximilian Mehdorn One of the most challenging technological innovations in neurosurgery…
Chapter 61 Revascularization Techniques in Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disorders Edward Smith, R. Michael Scott This chapter focuses on methods used to revascularize the brain in the setting of treating pediatric cerebrovascular…
Chapter 59 Fetal Surgery for Open Neural Tube Defects Nalin Gupta The goal of fetal surgery is to prevent or reduce the adverse consequences of a congenital disorder without increasing…
Chapter 13 Surgical Management of Brain Stem Tumors in Adults James L. Frazier, George I. Jallo Brain stem tumors account for 1.5% to 2.5% of all intracranial tumors in adults…
Chapter 52 Anterior Midline Approaches to the Skull Base Ivo P. Janecka, Silloo B. Kapadia Comprehensive oncologic management of neoplasms involving the cranial base is an expanding field. Surgery has…
Chapter 57 Mapping, Disconnection, and Resective Surgery in Pediatric Epilepsy Brent O’Neill, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Matthew Smyth, Johannes Schramm Children present many unique challenges to the epilepsy surgeon necessitating the…
Chapter 9 Surgical Management of Low-Grade Gliomas Lorenzo Bello, Francesco Dimeco, Giuseppe Casaceli, Sergio Maria Gaini The term “low-grade glioma” refers to a series of primary brain tumors characterized by…
Chapter 95 Adult Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome Sachin Batra, Abhay Moghekar, David Solomon, A.r.i. Blitz, Diego San Millán Ruíz, Philippe Gailloud, Prem S. Subramanian, Neil R. Miller, Daniele Rigamonti Pseudotumor cerebri…
