Neurosurgery

This book covers the explosion of new information about the relationship between the brain and its blood supply since the first edition was published in 2009.

There has been an exponential increase in the volume and quality of published research relating to spine care over the last several decades.

This book, written by renowned experts from across the world, provides readers with a detailed and up-to-date understanding of posterior circulation stroke and its management.

The book provides an excellent review of all the clinical aspects of neuroanesthesia in children, including neurosurgeries during fetal state to neonatal, infancy, toddler, and school-going age groups.

It has become increasingly difficult for the single clinician to cover the whole area of traumatology and particularly neurotraumatology.

This book has included 19 recent topics about the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases from basics to surgical (include microneurosurgical, endovascular, endoscopic and Stereotactic radiosurgical techniques) aspects in the management of cerebrovascular diseases.

Tourette syndrome (TS) is finally recognized as a common neurodevelopmental disorder, and has gained increasingly high social awareness and scientific interest worldwide.

This book describes the specific surgical techniques currently employed in patients with intractable epilepsy; it also covers the relevant technical aspects of general neurosurgery.

On the threshold of an exciting new era for acute stroke diagnosis and treatment, the Third International Symposium on Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke was held in Nara, Japan, in April 1994.

Neurotraumatology patients present an enormous challenge to society.

Research in the morphology-angioarchitecture and ultrastructure-of cerebral veins has been widely neglected in past decades; investigation was mainly focussed on the arterial side of brain circulation.

A description of cerebral veins under operative- versely, where there are large arterial vessel stems (at the base of the brain) the veins somewhat lose their technical aspects is practically a description of opera- significance.

Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders is a state-of-the-art resource devoted to disorders characterized by excessive movement.

This book fills a gap in the field of the cranio-orbital lesions, as it deals only with mass lesions involving both the intracranial and intra-orbital compartments.

A comprehensive review of surgical approaches and techniques for the posterior fossaThe ability to operate successfully in the posterior fossa requires a thorough understanding of its neuroanatomy and physiology, accurate localization of lesions, and optimal surgical technique.

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.

Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, this book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of tuberculosis of the central nervous system, with emphasis on clinical, diagnostics, and therapeutic features.

This book brings together information on all aspects of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), a hyperostotic condition of the spine that can cause severe neurological deficits.

This book approaches the topic of management of acute ischemic stroke in an interdisciplinary manner, explaining how best to utilize the methods currently available for medical, surgical, and endovascular care.

Leptomeningeal Metastases is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art therapy for the cancer patient with leptomeningeal cancer with additional information on epidemiology, symptom management, new clinical trials, and current basic research in animal models for experimental therapies.

This comprehensively updated second edition features major revisions, 24 new chapters and more than 40 new authors, reflecting both the advances and key challenges within the field.

As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the Euro- pean Association of Neurosurgical Societies.

Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery covers all of the latest advances in the surgical management of epilepsy.

The request from Professor Jorg Klekamp for me to write the foreword for this monograph was an appealing challenge.

Advanced MRI requires advanced knowledge of anatomy.

This book is a detailed resource on the technical aspects of pediatric neurosurgery that relate to vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord.

Based on 40 years experience, this book on ear surgery guides the beginner as well as the experienced surgeon through all approaches to middle ear and neurotologic surgery.

This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children.

This book represents the first interdisciplinary text on the emerging field of rehabilitative surgery, in which state of the art procedures from multiple surgical specialties are combined.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the management of brain and skull base tumors.

A workshop on Dynamic Aspects of Cerebral Edema was organized to pro- vide an opport~nitY,for interdisciplinary and detailed consideration of this subject, so crucial in neurology and neurosurgery.

For the longest time, neuroendovascular procedures have been done through the femoral artery (TFA) located in the thigh and groin region.

Das Buch behandelt erstmals die Kurz- und Langzeitprognose von Patienten, die einer neurologischen Intensivtherapie bedürfen.

The scope of this book is to disseminate dorsal rhizotomy for treating children with disabling, intractable spasticity caused by various pathologies.

This book presents a focused, case-oriented approach to a specific disease entity: tumors located within the spinal canal.

This work informs about major changes in health care systems at present and to come, and the ethical consequences.

This practical guide for physicians and other health care professionals discusses the impact of fatigue on the individual with MS, the potential etiologies underlying MS-related fatigue, its work up and diagnosis, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management strategies.

A comprehensive reference on the latest spine technologiesBiomechanics of Spine Stabilization, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and highly readable reference that helps spine specialists understand the clinically important biomechanical principles underpinning spinal surgery and instrumentation so that the best clinical decisions can be made for patients.

This volume covers the known details of all subtypes of occult spinal dysraphism in unprecedented detail.

Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys presents a unique way to approach the dating of neurological injury as imaged by modern computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US).

The aim of the book is to describe the current approach to meningiomas on the basis of experience gained in the fields of histopathology, biology, radiology and surgery.

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.