Lumbar Arthroplasty
CHAPTER 294 Lumbar Arthroplasty Total Disk Replacement and Nucleus Replacement Technologies Domagoj Coric, Paul Kim Mechanical low back pain (LBP) because of lumbar degenerative disk disease (DDD) has been problematic…
Meningeal Sarcoma and Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma
CHAPTER 132 Meningeal Sarcoma and Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma Alim M. Ladha, Barton L. Guthrie, Matthew G. Ewend Meningeal sarcoma and hemangiopericytoma are two disparate entities that have several things in common,…
Chiari Malformations
CHAPTER 179 Chiari Malformations R. Shane Tubb, Jeffrey A. Pugh, W. Jerry Oakes The Chiari malformations are a collection of hindbrain abnormalities ranging from simple herniation of the cerebellar tonsils…
Surgical and Radiosurgical Management of Giant Arteriovenous Malformations
CHAPTER 389 Surgical and Radiosurgical Management of Giant Arteriovenous Malformations Steven D. Chang, Gary K. Steinberg Successful treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remains one of the more challenging problems faced…
Neuroembryology
CHAPTER 4 Neuroembryology Harvey B. Sarnat, Laura Flores-Sarnat, Joseph D. Pinter Classic neuroembryology dealt primarily with documentation of the timing and location of morphologic changes in embryonic development, both gross…
Encephalocele
CHAPTER 176 Encephalocele Saadi Ghatan Encephalocele is herniation of cerebral tissue, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outside the confines of the skull. The condition is also termed cephalocele to encompass…
Lipomyelomeningocele
CHAPTER 215 Lipomyelomeningocele Sharad Rajpal, Bermans J. Iskandar Johnson first described a lipomyelomeningocele (LMM) in 1857,1 although it was not until 1971 that Rogers and colleagues first introduced the term…
Regeneration and Repair
CHAPTER 328 Regeneration and Repair R. Mark Richardson, M. Ross Bullock Historically, neurosurgical interventions for traumatic brain injury (TBI) have centered on strategies to reduce sequelae of the primary brain…
Adult Thoracolumbar Scoliosis
CHAPTER 287 Adult Thoracolumbar Scoliosis Frank L. Acosta, Jr., Christopher P. Ames Adult scoliosis is defined as any lateral curvature of the spine in a skeletally mature individual with a…
Intraoperative Monitoring of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots
CHAPTER 269 Intraoperative Monitoring of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots Victor X.D. Yang, Michael G. Fehlings Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring is an important technique that is essential for improvement of…
