Neurosurgery

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is an essential reference for physicians involved in the diagnosis, referral and treatment of the condition.

This book aims to explore the correlation between pathology and molecular biology with the clinical and diagnostic features, management, and outcome of meningiomas.

This book focuses on diverse aspects of the relationship between hypertension and brain damage, providing up-to-date information that will be of interest to both clinicians and researchers.

The book offers the update on several basic and clinical problems in neurosurgery compiled by internationally recognized experts.

The definitive practical reference on managing idiopathic scoliosis from world-renowned expertsIdiopathic Scoliosis: The Harms Study Group Treatment Guide, Second Edition, edited by Peter O.

Highlighting new and highly sought-after procedures in day-to-day plastic surgery practice, Core Procedures in Plastic Surgery, 2nd Edition, covers key areas of reconstructive, aesthetic, hand, and pediatric plastic surgery-all modified to provide streamlined detail of anatomy, workup, and procedural steps.

The Third Advanced Seminar in Neurosurgical Research was held in the Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy from 30th April to 1st May, 1987 and was devoted to "e;Neuroendocrinological Aspects of Neurosurgery"e;.

International experts present in this volume advances in reconstructive neurosurgery focusing on the fields of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disorders.

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

Recent evidence indicates that the physiology and response to various drugs in the pediatric population differs from that of the adult and must be appreciated to be able to fully address the health needs of the pediatric population.

This new edition of Neurosurgery: The Essential Guide to the Oral and Clinical Neurosurgical Exam provides a concise and practical guidebook of the core knowledge and principles for the International and Intercollegiate FRCS Specialty Examination in Neurosurgery.

In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care discussed recent trends at the 2nd Swiss Japanese Joint Conference on Cerebral Stroke Surgery, held in Zurich, Switzerland.

This new edition presents an authoritative account of the current state of brain biomechanics research for engineers, scientists and medical professionals.

Psychosurgery, or the surgical treatment of mental disorders, has enjoyed a spectacular revival over the past ten years as new brain stimulation techniques have become available.

This book provides recent progress of neuroendovascular surgery, which is a minimally invasive treatment of cerebral aneurysms.

Various textbooks on stereotactic neurosurgery have been published during the last few years (Riechert 1980, Schaltenbrand and Walker 1982, Spiegel 1982), all of them dealing with functional stereo tactics as the major subject in the field.

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

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

This richly illustrated atlas, compiled by authors with extensive experience in the field, offers a step-by-step guide to the surgical treatment of tumors, and congenital diseases of the skull base and nasal sinuses.

The articles in this volume cover the various options of the optimal management of brain tumors, vascular lesions, and functional disorders.

Clinical Research for Surgeons is a practical guide for understanding, planning, conducting, and evaluating surgical research.

A concise, thorough work for learning and reference in emergency neuroradiology, comprising over 150 cases and nearly 800 high-quality images.

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

With an emphasis on set-up and execution and lessons learned from expert practitioners, this concise, practical guide for residents and fellows presents the essentials for both common and complex spine surgery.

The presence of sophisticated auditory processing in mammals has permitted perhaps the most significant evolutionary development in humans: that of language.

This book covers the content of European postgraduate spine surgery courses, using a case-based approach.

Quality surgeons must have all the tips, tricks, and tools to provide their patients with the best care possible.

This book is a comprehensive, focused resource on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM).

Pediatric CNS Tumors is a detailed review of childhood brain tumors that offers a biologically based perspective on their management.

The first work of its kind devoted to the pelvis and lower limb, Surgical Anatomy of the Sacral Plexus and Its Branches clearly explains and illustrates this important subset of peripheral nervous system anatomy.

This book aims to facilitate readers to understand the origin, growth pattern and relationship between tumor and adherent structure of craniopharyngioma, so as to improve the cure rate and safety of surgery.

Chronic benign "e;back pain "e;, with or without sciatica, is a descriptive diagnosis hiding the mechanisms leading to this symptom.

This book discusses theories that link functions to specific anatomical brain regions.

This easy-to-consult guide describes new minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of spinal instability that are accompanied by fewer complications and side-effects, reduce the risks of anesthesia, and lower costs.

No other book covers as extensively all aspects of peripheral nerve surgery.

The methods of interventional neuroradiology represent a distinct and difficult branch with- in the new field of interventional radiology.

Contrary to the neurological manifestations of arterial cerebral blood flow disturbances, respective conditions resulting fram obstruction of the cerebro-venous system are far less well understood.

Clinical neurophysiologic testing plays a critical role as a complement to the clinical assessment in patients who are being evaluated for a variety of neurologic symptoms.

Die homonymen Hemianopsien - halbseitige, beide Augen betreffende Gesichtsfeldausfälle - sind so häufig, daß sie zum klinischen Alltag gehören.

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

This book illustrates the characteristics of imaging after treatment in brain gliomas.

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is the most widely performed neuroendoscopic procedure around the world.

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.

This strategic book joins the classical brain anatomy to the challenges of neurosurgery approaches.

This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, offers detailed guidance on the diagnosis, surgical planning, and interdisciplinary treatment of craniofacial trauma.