Bookedited by Knut Wester.
Contents:
1. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and headache
2. Clinical presentation, symptoms, and complaints: dizziness/vertigo
3. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and epilepsy
4. Arachnoid cyst and visual function
5. Clinical presentation, symptoms, and complaints- what matters: size, location, or intracystic pressure?
6. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and mental function
7. Controversies in the management of intracranial arachnoid cysts
8. Clinical, radiological, and neuropsychological evidence in favor of surgical decompression
9. Surgical techniques, results, and complications: microsurgical techniques- traditional craniotomy
10. Microsurgical techniques- the keyhole approach
11. Endoscopic techniques in arachnoid cyst surgery
12. Shunt techniques- cystoperitoneal shunt
13. Surgical techniques, results, and complications: shunt techniques- cystosubdural shunt, cystoventiricular shunt/stent
14. Overdrainage syndromes in shunted arachnoid cysts
15. Arachnoid cyst- anesthesia and postoperative management
16. Pre- and postoperative quality of life in arachnoid cyst patients
17. Pediatric spinal arachnoid cysts
18. Pediatric cranial arachnoid cysts
19. Spinal arachnoid cysts
20. Arahnoid cysts and risk of sport-related brain injury
Index.