Book[edited by] Richard G. Ellenbogen, Laligam N. Sekhar, Neil D. Kitchen.
Contents:
Section 1: General overview. Landmarks in the history of neurosurgery
Challenges in global neurosurgery
Pearls for clinical evaluation of the nervous system
Principles of modern neuroimaging
Neuro anesthesia and monitoring for cranial and complex spinal surgery
Surgical positioning, navigation, important surgical tools, craniotomy and closure of cranial and spinal wounds
Section 2: Pediatric neurosurgery. Spinal dysraphism and tethered spinal cord
Hydrocephalus in children
Diagnosis and surgical options for craniosynostosis
The Chiari malformations and syringohydromyelia
Posterior fossa and brainstem tumors in children
Craniopharyngiomas
All other brain tumors in pediatrics
Pediatric vascular disease and stroke
Section 3: Vascular neurosurgery. Medical and surgical treatment of cerebrovascular occlusive disease
Intracranial aneurysms, gen principles of management (ruptured and unruptured)
Surgery for anterior circulation aneurysms
Surgery for posterior circulation aneurysms
Complex intracranial aneurysms and bypasses for aneurysms
Vascular malformations (arteriovenous malformations and rural arteriovenous fistulas)
Cavernous malformations of the brain and spinal cord
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Endovascular treatment of acute stroke and occlusive cerebrovascular disease
Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms
Section 4: Trauma. Surgical Management of Closed Head Injury
Critical Care Management of Neurosurgical Patients
Penetrating Brain Injury
Traumatic Skull and Facial Fractures
Section 5: The spine. Injuries to the cervical spine
Thoracolumbar spine fractures
Intradural extramedullary and intramedullary spinal cord tumors
Treatment of spinal metastatic tumors
Spinal cord injury
Craniovertebral junction: a reappraisal
Degenerative spine disease (cervical)
Degenerative spine disease (thoracolumbar)
Pediatric and adult scoliosis
Section 6: Tumors. High-grade gliomas
Low-grade gliomas
Metastatic brain tumors
Convexity, and parasagittal vs. skull base meningiomas
Tumors of the pineal region
Cerebellopontine angle tumors
Pituitary tumors: diagnosis and management
Endoscopic approaches to ventricular tumors and colloid cysts
Microsurgical approaches to the ventricular system
Base tumors: evaluation and microsurgery
Endoscopic approaches to skull base lesions
Jugular foramen tumors: paraganglioma and schwannoma
Section 7: Radiosurgery and radiotherapy. Application of current radiation delivery systems and radiobiology
Radiosurgery of central nervous system tumors and arteriovenous malformations
Proton beam therapy and particle beam radiotherapy for cranial and skull base tumors
Section 8: Functional pain. Trigeminal neuralgia
Spasticity: classification, diagnosis and management
Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy
Extratemporal procedures and hemispherectomy for epilepsy
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders
Stereotactic functional neurosurgery for mental health disorders, pain and epilepsy
Section 9: Miscellaneous. Surgical management of infections of the central nervous system, cranium and of the spine
Adult congenital CSF disorders
Management of peripheral nerve injuries
Entrapment neuropathies, peripheral nerve tumors
Pre-hospital care of TBI patients.