Neurosurgery

Syringomyelia has fascinated neurologists and neurosurgeons for decades, if not for centuries.

This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of lower limb nerve entrapments, integrating anatomical, diagnostic, and therapeutic perspectives.

Functional MRI (fMRI) and the basic method of BOLD imaging were introduced in 1993 by Seiji Ogawa.

It is widely appreciated that the pathophysiology of advanced brain cancer is intimately related to the extent of tumor invasiveness.

Spinal cord injuries typically strike young, previously healthy persons, and leaves the individual with a severe, life-lasting impairment affecting all organ systems.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is a rare but potentially devastating condition that can lead to significant morbidity and mortality.

Endoscopic spine surgery is the essence of the minimally invasive surgery technique.

This book covers all aspects of awake craniotomy, including preoperative management, intraoperative handling, and postoperative follow-ups.

This text provides a detailed update on current diagnostic and therapeutic techniques useful in the management of a broad spectrum of pituitary disorders.

Detailed knowledge of the complex microanatomy of the temporal bone is essential for surgeons executing invasive therapeutic procedures.

A thorough review of the surgical procedures and technologies currently available for the treatment of various movement disorders, this guide illustrates strategies for the management of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, Tourette's syndrome, hemifacial spasm, and cerebral palsy-emphasizing surgical indications and outcomes, as well as methods of complication prevention and avoidance.

New therapeutic options and approaches have been developed based on an expanded knowledge of the underlying pathophysiology of vocal fold paralysis.

This book provides an overview of emerging CSF management systems that filter or clear cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a therapeutic approach for several CNS conditions.

Over a mere 5 years, neonatal cranial sonography has evolved from an obscure and largely experimental imaging possibility to the modality of preference in the examination of the young brain.

This book contains the expert knowledge base of the field's most experienced practitioners in the field of extradural bone and soft tissue malignancy.

Primary reconstructive surgery is assuming increasing importance in the management of fractures of the spine.

Spinal infections (SI) affect disc, vertebral, and adjacent tissues.

Describes the role of imaging in understanding carotid disease, a major cause of stroke.

Professor Philip Bromage From the earliest stirrings of modern surgical anesthesia, novice surgeons struggling to learn from the living what there was a strong intuitive feeling that anesthesia of part they were denied an opportunity to learn from the dead_ of the body would be better for the patient than complete But that is largely nostalgia for a past era_ Today, the visual anesthesia of the whole organism.

In this third edition of Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Drs.

This book provides an overview of the history, anatomy, epidemiology, diagnosis (HPI, PE, Imaging), non-pharmacological management and medication management of trigeminal nerve pain.

This book covers all ethical aspects of introducing novel implants and procedures in neurosurgery in a structured way, addressing the current knowledge gap concerning ethical innovations in neurosurgery.

A general consensus exists,that lumbosacral nerve root compression is the primary cause of sciatica and neurogenic claudication, although humoral and vascular factors certainly play a role as well.

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The main purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a better understanding of spinal nerve root injuries caused by various pathologies (e.

The endothelial cells of the cerebral vasculature constitute, together with perivascular elements (astrocytes, pcricytes, basement membrane), the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which strictly limits and specifically controls the exchanges between the blood and the cerebral extracellular spacc.

Pediatric Neurosurgery identifies and describes the theoretic concepts of clinical and operative neurosurgery in the different ages of childhood, emphasizing both clinical and surgical principles.

The first volume that brings together recent research into the relationship between sleep disorders and common vascular disorders.

"e;Child development"e; has always been a traditional component of well- child care and a particular area of interest for pediatricians, child neu- rologists, and psychologists.

A case-based guide to the common and less common pain syndromes encountered in patients with neurological disorders and their treatment.

Addressing all aspects of brain death and thoroughly detailing how a potential organ donor should be maintained to ensure maximum use of the organs and cells, The Brain-Dead Organ Donor: Pathophysiology and Management is a landmark addition to the literature.

Fully illustrated and enhanced with accompanying video clips, this comprehensive text presents the clinical evaluation and management of brachial plexus injuries and reconstruction, both for adult patients and birth injuries.

Neuro-oncology has evolved substantially as a clinical and research discipline over the past few decades.

Diese Bände enthalten die Vorträge zu den Hauptthemen des Zentraleuropäischen Anästhesiekongresses 1987 in München.

Revision spine surgery requires a unique skill set different from performing a primary operation.

This book has been assembled from the radiographic and photo- graphic records of patients presenting to craniofacial units on four continents over 7 years.

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

Neurosurgical lesions of the pineal region are extremely rare, accounting for roughly 1% of the total number of neurosurgical expansive lesions in modern practice.

Practitioners today see increasing numbers of brain injuries across the country and around the glozbe.