Chapter 188 Management of Spinal Cord Tumors and Arteriovenous Malformations Nirit Weiss, Joshua Bederson, Kalmon Post Introduction Although spinal cord tumor and spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) operations may appear…
Chapter 54 Methods for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Pediatric Hydrocephalus From Shunt to Scope Aabir Chakraborty, James M. Drake, Benjamin C. Warf Introduction Definition and Epidemiology of Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus is…
Chapter 155 Anterior Approaches for Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis Atul Goel, Francesco Cacciola Degeneration of the spine is an age-related phenomenon. The center of the pathogenetic process lies in the progressive…
Chapter 124 Percutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Facial Pain John M. Tew, Jr. , Chad J. Morgan, Andrew W. Grande Drawing on our 40-year experience in treating…
Chapter 153 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Microdiscectomy Girish K. Hiremath, Mick J. Perez-Cruet Posterior cervical foraminotomy and microdiscectomy is a safe and effective procedure that can be used…
Chapter 136 Management of Skull Base Trauma Shirley I. Stiver Skull base trauma encompasses injury to the neurovascular and bony elements of the orbital plate of the frontal bone, the…
Chapter 203 Peripheral Nerve Tumors of the Extremities Michael J. Dorsi, Allan J. Belzberg In the United States, it is estimated that annually six out of every 1 million people…
Chapter 71 Surgical Treatment of Moyamoya Disease in Adults Leonidas M. Quintana Moyamoya disease is a chronic, cerebrovascular occlusive disease, in which the terminal portions of the intracranial internal carotid…
Chapter 151 Treatment Evolution in Management of Cervical Disc Disease Marcus C. Korinth Cervical disc disease may be more neurologically compromising due to anatomic particularities than the more frequently occurring…
Chapter 180 Management of Penetrating Injuries to the Spine Michelle J. Clarke, R.a.j. Narayan, Timothy F. Witham Penetrating spinal injuries (PSIs) encompass a range of traumatic etiologies, from nonmissile injuries…
