Benign Tumors of the Peripheral Nerve
CHAPTER 244 Benign Tumors of the Peripheral Nerve Daniel H. Kim, Allan H. Friedman, Ryan S. Kitagawa, David G. Kline History From the time of Hippocrates through the 18th century,…
Syndromic Craniosynostosis
CHAPTER 183 Syndromic Craniosynostosis Matthew D. Smyth, Daniel Marchac, Dominique Renier In addition to the risk for brain compression and cranial deformities, the facial involvement observed in patients with faciocraniosynostosis…
Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
CHAPTER 358 Nonlesional Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Hamad Farhat, Thomas Kretschmer, Jacques J. Morcos Ever since McKissock, Richardson, and Taylor reported on their evaluation of the surgical and conservative treatment of…
Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms
CHAPTER 373 Microsurgery of Basilar Apex Aneurysms Bernard R. Bendok, Daniel L. Surdell, Arun K. Sherma, H. Hunt Batjer Basilar Apex Project The surgical management of basilar apex aneurysms remains…
Therapeutic Decision Making
CHAPTER 385 Therapeutic Decision Making Michael Morgan Therapeutic decision making for “true,” or parenchymal, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain is a complex process requiring analysis of the multiple pathways…
Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults
CHAPTER 309 Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults Alfred T. Ogden, Theodore H. Schwartz, Paul C. McCormick Spinal cord tumors account for about 15% of central nervous system neoplasms,1 and most…
Ablative Surgery for Spasticity
CHAPTER 90 Ablative Surgery for Spasticity Marc Sindou, Patrick Mertens Spasticity can be defined as a velocity-dependent resistance to passive movement of a joint and its associated musculature. Spasticity is…
Acoustic Neuroma
CHAPTER 133 Acoustic Neuroma Scott A. Meyer, Kalmon D. Post History In 1777, the first reported pathologic case of an acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) was made in an autopsy report…
Neurovascular Imaging
CHAPTER 348 Neurovascular Imaging William W. Ashley, Jr., Roger Lichtenbaum, Fady T. Charbel Moniz performed the first cerebral angiogram in 1927.1,2 Since that time, neurovascular imaging has undergone rapid evolution….
Prognosis after Traumatic Brain Injury
CHAPTER 340 Prognosis after Traumatic Brain Injury Andrew I.R. Maas, Doortje C. Engel, Hester Lingsma No head injury is too severe to be despaired of, nor too trivial to be…
