CHAPTER 299 Posterior Subaxial and Cervicothoracic Instrumentation Christopher Wolfla, Matthew L. Miller The posterior approach to cervical spine instrumentation was pioneered by B. E. Hadra in 1891 when he wrapped…
CHAPTER 227 Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spastic Cerebral Palsy T.S. Park, David D. Limbrick, Jr. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the leading cause of developmental disability in children, with more than…
CHAPTER 54 Continuous Electroencephalography in Neurological-Neurosurgical Intensive Care Applications and Value Hiba Arif, Jan Claassen, Lawrence J. Hirsch Every year tens of thousands of patients are admitted to neurological-neurosurgical intensive…
CHAPTER 178 Arachnoid Cysts Nicholas M. Wetjen, Marion L. Walker Arachnoid cysts are benign, congenital, non-neoplastic, extra-axial, intra-arachnoid lesions filled with fluid similar to or exactly like cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).1–3…
CHAPTER 304 Posterior, Transforaminal, and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques and Instrumentation Adam S. Kanter, Andrew T. Dailey, Praveen V. Mummaneni This chapter describes the background, indications, biomechanics, techniques, and…
CHAPTER 157 Pharmacologic Treatment of Pain Erika A. Petersen, Louis A. Whitworth The Phenomenon of Pain Pain is the unpleasant physical and emotional experience associated with tissue damage—either impending or…
CHAPTER 268 Current Status and Future Direction of Management of Spinal Cord Injury Gregory W.J. Hawryluk, Michael G. Fehlings Spinal cord injury (SCI) costs society in excess of 7 billion…
CHAPTER 384 The Natural History of Intracranial Vascular Malformations Kelly D. Flemming, Robert D. Brown, Jr. Treatment options for intracranial vascular malformations continue to change as microsurgical, radiosurgical, and endovascular…
CHAPTER 249 The Radiobiology and Physics of Radiosurgery Jason P. Sheehan, David Schlesinger, Chun-Po Yen Radiosurgery is a concept devised by Lars Leksell1 that involves destruction of intracranial targets and…
CHAPTER 383 Pathobiology of True Arteriovenous Malformations Cormac G. Gavin, Neil D. Kitchen “It would be nothing less than foolhardy to attack one of the deep-seated racemose lesions. … The…
