CHAPTER 10 Physiology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Intracranial Pressure Anthony Marmarou†, Andrew Beaumont, The exquisite sensitivity of the central nervous system to physical and chemical injury has led to…
CHAPTER 367 Intracranial Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms Amir R. Dehdashti, M. Christopher Wallace Saccular aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) trunk and posterior communicating segment represent about 30% to…
CHAPTER 257 Image-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery The CyberKnife Pantaleo Romanelli, David E. Morris, John R. Adler Jr, Matthew G. Ewend The CyberKnife is the combination of a real-time image guidance system…
CHAPTER 140 Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas Justin S. Cetas, Samuel A. Hughes, Johnny B. Delashaw, Jr. Chordomas and chondrosarcomas are rare, slow-growing but locally aggressive primary bone tumors arising from residual…
CHAPTER 102 The Genetic Origins of Brain Tumors Gregory J. Riggins What causes brain tumors? The simple answer is an unfortunate accumulation of DNA damage events that result in the…
CHAPTER 292 Bone Graft Options, Bone Graft Substitutes, and Bone Harvest Techniques Richard Lebow, Tom Yao, Charles B. Stevenson, Joseph S. Cheng In 1998, individuals spent $91 billion (1% of…
CHAPTER 135 Craniopharyngioma James A.J. King, Vivek Mehta, Peter M. Black “Craniopharyngioma” was the name introduced by Cushing for tumors derived “from epithelial rests ascribable to an imperfect closure of…
CHAPTER 60 Intracranial Monitoring Kenneth P. Vives, Andy J. Redmond, Dennis D. Spencer Rationale Intracranial monitoring is one of an increasing number of tools available to neurosurgeons for the investigation…
CHAPTER 51 Malformations of Cortical Development Gregory G. Heuer, Peter B. Crino Malformations of cortical development (MCDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormal cerebral cortical cytoarchitecture. MCDs…
CHAPTER 77 Functional Imaging in Movement Disorders David J. Brooks, Nicola Pavese Positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are scintigraphic techniques that employ extremely short-lived radioisotopes…
