Neurosurgery

Contains authoritative clinical guidelines and rehabilitation approaches for the major disabling neurological disorders.

The intracarotid amobarbital (or Amytal) procedure is commonly referred to as the Wada test in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician who devised the technique and performed the fIrst basic animal research and clinical studies with this method.

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The first mention of moyamoya disease as a distinct disease entity was in a paper I published in 1965.

Minimally invasive procedures are increasingly utilized and are replacing open surgery to reduce scarring and pain, enhance patient recovery, and minimize cost.

Trauma is a very common condition in medical practice and a frequent cause of death, morbidity and dis ability.

The approaches to the complex field of chronic headache are rapidly evolving; accordingly, this timely and well-illustrated volume offers an in-depth description of all currently available surgical options for the treatment of migraine and headache (MH).

This book offers a clinical and surgical overview on congenital brain malformations, which are abnormalities that occur during fetal development, leading to brain defects and disorders.

Now is its revised and expanded third edition, including nine new chapters, this step-by-step, state-of-the-art procedural manual covers over 50 unique surgical approaches for injuries and conditions of the spine.

This atlas offers a comprehensive overview of osteotomies performed on the calvaria and midface for both syndromic and non-syndromic craniosynostosis.

The English Edition contains a few differences from the first ItaHan Edition, which require an explanation.

Neurotrauma in Multiple Choice Questions is the FIRST review book to use the multiple-choice question format in neurosurgical trauma.

Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1988 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie enthält die Hauptreferate, die von besonderen Sachkennern für die Jahresversammlung geschrieben wurden.

It is estimated that the functionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of our current understanding of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Physicians who passed the neurology boards reveal what it takes to excelFirst Aid for the Neurology Boards is a unique high-yield guide for success on the Neurology Boards, in-training exams, and recertification.

Selected papers from the prestigious Stonwin MedicalConference, which each summer invites a small group ofneurosurgical investigation.

The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in the event of damage - in many cases shifting responsibility for specific cognitive functions to other non-damaged brain regions.

For so long, the brain was the great unknown of human biology; an evolved complex of cells, chemicals and electricity, which eluded even the understanding of its own grey matter.

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS).

This book focuses on the anatomy of the peripheral nervous system.

The field of minimally invasive spine intervention continues to evolve rapidly.

This book highlights the latest developments in acute and delayed neurovascular injury studies including delayed cerebral vasospasm, early brain injury, micro-circulation compromise, spreading cortical depolarization, neuroinflammation, and long-term cognitive dysfunctions after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Restoration of Functions in Upper Limb Paralyses and Muscular Defects provides the necessary information for the surgical management of muscular defects and neurobiological disorders of the upper extremity and details the restoration of essential functions in this area.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of general information, along with an evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic options for individuals suffering from otologic diseases.

This book offers an update about peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNST), both in their benign and malignant forms (MPNST).

This book presents a comprehensive interdisciplinary team approach to the rehabilitation of acquired brain injury (ABI) survivors.

Scientific and epidemiologic progress surrounding carotid artery surgery continues to evolve, and for the better, for both surgeons and patients.

This book provides an essential update on microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery, which has been widely accepted as an effective remedy for cranial nerve hyperexcitability disorders such as hemifacial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, etc.

Brain injury is a worldwide leading cause of mortality and morbidity and requires early and appropriate management to minimize these adverse sequelae.

Advances in Neurosurgery presents the experience and research results of modern neurosurgeons confronted with urgent diagnostic and therapeutic problems.

On this occasion we look back on 25 years of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Neuro- chirurgie.

This widely praised, first-of-its-kind book has been thoroughly updated, expanded, and enriched with extensive new case material, illustrations, and link-outs to multimedia, practice guidelines, and more.

'Emphasis on new issues and emerging concepts insures that the information presented is still timely.

Goodman's Neurosurgery Oral Board Review educates and prepares neurosurgery candidates who are studying for the Neurosurgery Oral Board exam, the final step prior to board certification.

This book is an extensive and unique study dedicated to the development of the cerebral vessels from the start to the final result in the adult, describing normal and anomalous evolution.

Part of the Neurosurgery by Example series, this volume on surgical neuro-oncology presents exemplary cases in which renowned authors guide readers through the assessment and planning, decision making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management of common and uncommon disorders.

The desire to expose the spine for surgery by anterior approaches at any level between the head and the sacrum is not new.

This text presents a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.