CHAPTER 266 Biomaterials and Biomechanics of Spinal Arthroplasty Brian R. Subach, Anne G. Copay, Thomas C. Schuler The concept of artificial disk replacement is clearly not new. Documented attempts at…
CHAPTER 301 Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation James M. Schuster, Neil R. Malhotra The insertion of spinal instrumentation, especially pedicle screws, in the thoracic spine can be one of the most challenging…
CHAPTER 276 Infections of the Spine Dennis G. Vollmer, Nitin Tandon Infections of the spinal axis have been recognized throughout history. Evidence of tubercular disease of the spine has been…
CHAPTER 300 Anterior Thoracic Instrumentation Omar N. Syed, Paul C. McCormick, Michael G. Kaiser Reconstruction of the anterior thoracic spine has dramatically changed in the past several decades. The early…
CHAPTER 247 General and Historical Considerations of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Mark E. Linskey, Jeffrey V. Kuo, James K.C. Liu In the little more than a century since its discovery, ionizing…
CHAPTER 395 Classification of Spinal Arteriovenous Lesions Arteriovenous Fistulas and Arteriovenous Malformations Shervin R. Dashti, Maria Toledo, Louis J. Kim, Robert F. Spetzler Spinal arteriovenous lesions are a collection of…
CHAPTER 214 Myelomeningocele and Myelocystocele Todd C. Hankinson, Richard C.E. Anderson, Neil A. Feldstein Myelomeningocele is a manifestation of a generalized malformation of the central nervous system (CNS) that occurs…
CHAPTER 20 Molecular Imaging of the Brain with Positron Emission Tomography William P. Melega, Antonio A.F. De Salles Advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of diseases are providing…
CHAPTER 144 Trigeminal Schwannomas M. Necmettin Pamir, Koray Özduman Epidemiology and History Trigeminal schwannomas (TSs) are benign, slow-growing tumors arising from the peripheral nerve sheath of the trigeminal nerve. Although…
CHAPTER 362 Surgical Decision Making for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms Leif-Erik Bohman, H. Richard Winn, Peter D. LeRoux There are two ideal and equal goals in the treatment of…
