Chapter 117 Molecular Therapies for Movement Disorders Michael J. Nanaszko, Michael G. Kaplitt Movement disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD), are currently treated pharmacologically by systemic administration of drugs that…
Chapter 115 Cervical Dystonia and Spasmodic Torticollis Indications and Techniques John Yianni, Dipankar Nandi, Tipu Aziz History of Dystonic Conditions One of the earliest descriptions of dystonia was recorded by…
Chapter 97 Management of Shunt Infections Claudio Yampolsky, Pablo Ajler Hydrocephalus is one of the most common conditions in neurosurgical practice. Hydrocephalus prevalence in childhood ranges from 0.5 to 1…
Chapter 50 Multimodal Treatment of Orbital Tumors Shaan M. Raza, Alfredo QuiÑones-Hinojosa, Prem S. Subramanian The surgical management of intraorbital tumors requires a thorough understanding of not only orbital anatomy…
Chapter 88 Endovascular Treatment of Extracranial Occlusive Disease Henry Moyle, Aman Patel Stroke is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States.1 Carotid occlusive disease is the…
Chapter 68 Management of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Vikram V. Nayar, K.a.i. Frerichs, Arthur L. Day Subarachnoid hemorrhage, when caused by the rupture of an intracranial aneurysm, has a mortality rate…
Chapter 67 Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries Gregory J. Velat, Brian L. Hoh, Christopher S. Ogilvy Arterial dissection is an important cause of stroke. The symptomatology,…
Chapter 60 Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism James B. Mitchell, Dachling Pang The term “spinal dysraphism” describes many different forms of congenital malformations of the neural tube.∗ Table 60-1 classifies…
Chapter 149 Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System Rewati Raman Sharma, Sanjay J. Pawar, Santosh D. Lad, Ganpati Prasad Mishra, Audumbar Shantaram Netalkar, Shrikant Rege Understanding of the incidence,…
Chapter 5 Gamma Knife Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations and Tumors Chun-Po Yen, Ladislau Steiner The gamma knife is a neurosurgical tool used either as a primary or adjuvant procedure…
