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Textbook of Neurological Surgery 4 Vols.

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Written by experts at the forefront of neurosurgery, this four-volume work is the most comprehensive and current reference in the field. Coverage includes basic science for board exams, diagnostic modalities, and contemporary surgical techniques and clinical guidelines in all areas of neurosurgery pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, spinal disorders, peripheral nerves, cerebrovascular disorders, stereotaxic and functional neurosurgery, cranial and cerebral trauma, pain syndromes and chronic pain, critical care, neurosurgical infections, and neurosurgical emergencies. More than 3,000 illustrations complement the text.
Sections on techniques follow a consistent structure basic principles, anesthetic concerns, surgical decision making, perioperative and nonoperative management, surgical techniques (including minimally invasive), and complications and their management. Descriptions of techniques are thoroughly illustrated. Each section includes peer-reviewed guidelines and an authoritative critical commentary.

Contents

I. Principles of Neural Science
1. Brain Tumor Genetics
2. The Cranial Nerves: Functional and Microsurgical Anatomy
3. Surgical Corridors to the Skull Base
4. Cellular Neurophysiology
5. Physiology of Neural Systems
6. General Physiology
7. Pharmacology of Neuroanesthetic Drugs
8. Pharmacology and Utility of Common Neurosurgical Drugs
9. Pain Mechanisms

II. Principles of Neural Diagnosis
10. Overview of Ancillary Neurophysiologic and Neuropyschologic Testing
11. Neuroradiologic Testing
12. Neuropathology of the Central Nervous System: Tumors of the CNS, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Dementia
13. Neuropathology of the Central Nervous System: Trauma, Cerebrovascular Disease, Infections, Demyelinating, Neurodegenerative, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
14. Pathology of Peripheral Nerves and Muscle
15. Evaluation and Treatment of Altered Consciousness
16. Evaluation and Treatment of Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathies
17. Evaluation and Treatment of Neurological Complications of Alcoholism
18. Intensive Care Management in the Neurocritical Care Unit
19. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Language Disorder
20. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Dementia
21. Evaluation and Treatment of Nonsurgical Congenital Malformations of the CNS
22. Mental Retardation
23. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Neurocutnaeous Syndromes
24. Evaluation of the Neurosurgery Patient with Psychiatric and Functional Disorders
25. Primary and Secondary Headaches
26. Evaluation and Treatment the Patient with Post-Traumatic Syndrome
27. Evaluation and Treatment of Pain
28. Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy
29. Evaluation and Treatment of Nonepileptic Paroxysmal Disorders
30. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Vertigo, Dizziness and Hearing Loss
31. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Visual Loss, Diplopia and Orbitopathies
32. Evaluation and Treatment of Autonomic Dysfunction
33. Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Sleep Disorders
34. Evaluation and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
35. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
36. Evaluation and Treatment of Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
37. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
38. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with CNS Infection
39. Evaluation and Treatment of Demyelinating and Dysmyelinating Diseases
40. Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Medical Myelopathy
41. Evaluation and Treatment of Brachial and Lumbar Plexopathy
42. Evaluation and Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy
43. Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Neuromuscular Joint Disorders
44. Myopathies

III. Principles of Clinical Neurosurgery
45. Perioperative Medical Evaluation and Care of the Patient Undergoing Neurosurgery
46. Coagulation Disorders, Transfusions, and Blood
47. Prevention and Management of Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
48. Fluids and Electrolytes in Neurosurgery
49. Pathophysiology and Management of Endocrine Function
50. Stress Ulcer Prevention and Perioperative Nutritional Assessment in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
51. Perioperative Seizures: Prevention and Management
52. Triage and Management of Neurological Emergencies
53. Neurologic Critical Care and Invasive Monitoring
54. Neuroanesthetic Evaluation and Management
55. Positioning for Neurosurgical Procedures
56. Neurosurgical Devices: A Surgeon's Guide
57. Instrumentation for Spinal Procedures
58. Intraoperative Neuronavigational Techniques
59. Intraoperative Monitoring

IV. Pediatric Neurosurgery
60. Aqueductal Stenosis
61. Communicating Hydrocephalus
62. Slit Ventrical Syndrome
63. Myelomeningocele Repair
64. Tethered Cord Release
65. Split Cord Lipomas
66. Split Cord Malformations: Theory and Practice
67. Chiari Malformation
68. Syringomelia in Children
69. Neurosurgical Considerations in Achondroplasia and Their Management
70. Intrinsic Tumors of the Brainstem
71. Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children
72. Pediatric Hemispheric Brain Tumors
73. Pediatric Temporal Lobe Tumors
74. Suprasellar Tumors of Childhood
75. Anterior Skull Base Tumors
76. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
77. Management of Pediatric Intracranial Abscess
78. Neurosurgical Aspects of Non-Accidental Trauma in Children
79. Severe Closed Head Injury in Children
80. Ping Pong Fractures in Infants
81. Depressed Skull Fractures
82. Epidural Hematoma
83. Pediatric Subdural Hematoma
84. Pediatric Intracranial Hemorrhage
85. Management of Cervical Spine Fractures in Children
86. Intraventricular Hemorrhage of Prematurity
87. Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissections in Children and Adults
88. Aneurysms of Childhood
89. Vein of Galen Malformations
90. Moyamoya Disease
91. Invasive Epilepsy Monitoring in the Pediatric Patient
92. Extratemporal Resections
93. Callosotomy
94. Hemispherectomy for Pediatric Epilepsy
95. Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
96. Intrathecal Baclofen Infusion for the Treatment of Intractable Spasticity
97. Brachial Plexus Injury in Children

V. Neuro-Oncology
98. Basic Brain Tumor Biology: Invasion, Angiogenesis, and Proliferation
99. The Molecular Genetics of Intracranial Glimoas
100. Immunobiology of Intracranial Gliomas
101. Methods for imaging tumors within the brain: CT, MRI, and Functional Imaging
102. Low-grade glial neoplasms
103. Aggressive Glial Neoplasms
104. Surgery for glial neoplasms within the brain
105. Radiotherapy for Glial Neoplasms
106. Innovative Treatments for Intracranial Glioma
107. Intracranial Meningiomas
108. Intraventricular Tumors: Lateral Ventricles
109. Intraventricular tumors: third ventricle
110. Intraventricular Tumors: Fourth Ventricle
111. Intrinsic tumors of the brainstem
112. Tumors of the Pineal Region
113. Brain Metastasis
114. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
115. Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas
116. Craniopharyngiomas in children and adults
117. Craniofacial surgery for tumors of the anterior skull base
118. Current Management of Tumors of the Cavernous Sinus
119. Approaches to the Posterior Skull Base
120. Tumors within the Cerebellopontine Angle
121. Petroclival Meningiomas
122. Clival Chordomas
123. Principles of radiotherapy for tumors of the craniospinal axis
124. Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial tumors
125. Preoperative Embolization of Intracranial Tumors
126. The Neurosurgical Implications of Neurofib- romatosis
127. The Neurosurgical Implications of von Hippel-Lindau disease
128. Preoperative and Intraoperative Mapping of Eloquent Cortex

VI. Spinal Disorders
129. Developmental Anatomy of the Spine
130. Cervical Spine Biomechanics
131. Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine
132. Thoracic Spine Anatomy and Biomechanics
133. Anatomy and Biomechanics of Sacral Fractures
134. Bone Biology
135. Clinical Syndromes of Spinal Cord Disease
136. External Orthoses
137. Spinal Neuroendovascular Procedures
138. Electrophysiological Monitoring during Spinal Surgery: A Practical Approach
139. Image-Guided Spinal Surgery
140. General Principles of Anesthesia in Spine Patients
141. Pathophysiology of Degenerative Disc and Joint Disease
142. Acute Cervical Disc Herniation
143. Cervical Spondylosis with Radiculopathy and Myelopathy
144. Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
145. Thoracic Disc Degeneration with Pain
146. Acute Lumbar Disc Herniation
147. Far Lateral and Foraminal Lumbar Disc Herniations
148. Failed Back Syndrome
149. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Laminectomy
150. Surgical Management of Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis
151. Osteoporosis and Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
152. Basilar Invagination and Os Odontium
153. Paget's Disease
154. Ankylosing Spondylitis
155. The Initial Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Spinal Trauma
156. Radiologic Considerations in Spine Trauma
157. Occipital Cervical Junction Injury and Dislocation
158. Diagnosis and Treatment of Atlas Fractures
159. Fractures of the Second Cervical Vertebrae
160. Subaxial Cervical Fractures
161. Thoracolumbar Fracture Classification and Grading
162. Lumbar Fractures
163. Sacral Fractures
164. Penetrating Injuries to the Spine
165. Spine Injuries in Athletes
166. Metastatic Disease of the Cranial Cervical Junction
167. Metastatic Disease of the Subaxial Cervical Spine
168. Metastatic Disease of the Thoracolumbar Spine
169. Primary and Metastatic Disease of the Sacrum and Lumbar Sacral Junction
170. Primary Bone Tumors of the Spine and Nonosseous Primary Tumors of the Spine and Facets
171. Vascular Lesions of the Spine
172. Management of Spinal Meningiomas and Dural Tumors
173. Intramedullary Tumors of the Spinal Cord
174. Spinal Deformity: Definitions and Indications for Correction
175. Biomechanical Principles of Deformity Correction
176. Special Anesthetic Considerations and Monitoring
177. Sagittal Plane Deformity of the Cervical Spine
178. Sagittal Plane Deformity of the Thoracic Spine
179. Adult Thoracolumbar Scoliosis
180. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
181. Late Deformity after Spinal Fusion
182. Cervical Pseudoarthrosis
183. Lumbosacral Pseudoarthrosis and Instrumentation Failure
184. Revision Strategies for Interbody Spinal Surgery: A Revision Algorithm
185. Atlanto-Axial Rotational Subluxation
186. Achondroplasia
187. Adult Complications of Spinal Dsyraphism
188. Transoral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine and Skull Base
189. Anterolateral Approach to the Craniocervical Junction and Rostral Cervical Spine
190. Special Consideration for the Cervicothoracic Junction and Upper Thoracic Spine
191. Posterior Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
192. Lateral Extracavitary Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine
193. Retroperitoneal Approach to the Lumbosacral Spine
194. Anterior Approaches to the Lumbosacral Spine
195. Posterior Approaches to the Lumbar Spine
196. Laminoforaminotomy for Radiculopathy
197. Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty
198. Anterior Cervical Discectomy with and without Fusion
199. Cervical Vertebrectomy and Fusion
200. Thoracic Discectomy and Corpectomy via the Anterior Approach
201. Lumbar Microdiscectomy
202. Anterior Screw Fixation of Odontoid Fractures
203. Posterior Atlantoaxial and Occipitocervical Fixation and Fusion Techniques
204. Posterior Interspinous Wiring and Lateral Mass Plates
205. Cervical Graft Options
206. Anterior Cervical Plating
207. Anterior Instrumentation for the Thoracolumbar Spine
208. Hook and Rod Fixation of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
209. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Vertebral Replacement
210. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Historical and Technical Overview
211. Bone Graft Harvest Techniques, Supplementation and Alternatives
212. Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Cervical Spine: Posterior Cervical Microendoscopic Laminoforaminotomy for Decompression or Discectomy
213. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

VII. Peripheral Nerves
214. Entrapment/Compression Neuropathies
215. Nerve Injuries
216. Tumors of Peripheral Nerves

VIII. Cerebrovascular Disorders
217. Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: Diagnosis and Patient Selection
218. Carotid Endarterectomy
219. Surgical Procedures for Non-Atherosclerotic Disorders of the Extracranial Cartid Artery
220. Surgical Procedures for Extracranial Vertebrobasilar Occlusive Disease
221. Surgical Procedures for Cerebral Revascularization
222. Neuroendovascular Surgical Procedures for Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease
223. Neuroendovascular Surgical Procedures for Intracranial Ishemic Cerebrovascular Disease
224. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ishemic Stroke
225. Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
226. Management of Brain Stem Cavernous Malformations
227. Surgical Treatment of Cavernous Malformations of the Spinal Cord
228. Perioperative Management of Subarachnoid Hermorrhage
229. Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms
230. Surgical Treatment of Anterior Communi- cating Artery Aneurysms
231. Surgical Treatment of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
232. Surgical Treatment of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
233. Surgical Treatment of Middle Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms
234. Surgical Treatment of Vertebrobasilar Junction and Basilar Trunk Aneurysms
235. Surgical Treatment of Aneurysms of the Basilar Artery Bifurcation
236. Surgical Treatment of Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
237. Giant Aneurysms of the Anterior Circulation
238. Surgical Treatment of Posterior Circulation Giant Aneurysms
239. Management of Infectious and Traumatic Aneurysms
240. Managment of Asymptomatic Aneurysms
241. Skull Base Approaches for Anterior Circulation
242. Skull Base Approaches for Vascular Lesions
243. Neuroendovascular Surgical Procedures for Nongiant Intracranial Aneurysms
244. Endovascular Procedures for Giant Intracranial Aneurysms
245. Surgical Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulae
246. Endovascular Surgical Procedures for Dural Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulae
247. Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
248. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations
249. Neuroendovascular Surgical Procedures for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
250. Radiosurgical Procedures for Arteriovenous Malformations
251. Treatment Options for Grade IV and V Arteriovenous Malformations
252. Critical Care of Cerebrovascular Disease
253. New Directions in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease
254. Cytoprotective Agents for Cerebrovascular Procedures

IX. Stereotactic and Functional Surgery
255. History and Future of Stereotactic Neurosurgery
256. Stereotactic Brain Biopsy for Tissue Diagnosis
257. Stereotactic Craniotomy for Tumor
258. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Intractable Pain
259. Surgical Options for Facial Pain
260. Surgery for Movement Disorders
261. Thalamic and Subthalamic Stimulation for Movement Disorders
262. Tissue Transplantation for Movement Disorders
263. Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
264. Surgery of the Temporal Lobe for Epilepsy
265. Palliative Surgery for Epilepsy: Corpus Callostomy and Vagus Nerve Stimulation
266. Surgery for Psychiatric Disorders
267. Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spasticity of PNS
268. Sympathectomy for Pain
269. Surgery for Hyperhidrosis
270. Cochlear Implants and Auditory Brainstem Implants

X. Cranial and Cerebral Trauma
271. The History, Classification and Epidemiology of Cranial Trauma
272. Pathophysiology of Cranial Trauma
273. Clinical Syndromes after Traumatic Brain Injury
274. Surgical Management Techniques
275. Subdural Hematoma and Variations
276. Epidural Hematoma
277. Intracerebral Hemorrhage
278. Penetrating Cranial Trauma
279. Head Injuries in Athletes
280. Intensive Care Management of Cranial Trauma
281. Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring Techniques
282. Complications of Cranial Trauma
283. Neurological Injury and Nutritional Support
284. Rehabilitation from Cranial Trauma
285. Neurobehavioral Outcome following Brain Surgery
286. Palliative Care of Patients with Severe Cranial Trauma
287. Brain Death and Organ Donation

XI. Pain Syndromes and Chronic Pain
288. Mechanisms of Pain Generation and Transmission
289. Approaches to Pain Management: Psychological Considerations of Surgical Importance
290. Psychological Issues in Pain-Relieving Surgery
291. Organization of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Center
292. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
293. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain
294. Percutaneous Trigeminal Nerve Compression
295. Open Surgical Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia
296. Nontrigeminal Craniofacial Pain Syndromes
297. Pain of Central Origin
298. Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
299. Spinal Cord Stimulation
300. Neuraxial Drug Infusion
301. Spinal Ablative Procedures
302. Dorsal Root Entry Zone and Brainstem Ablative Procedures
303. Intracranial Ablative Procedures for Pain
304. Radiosurgery for Pain

XII. Neurosurgical Infections
305. Antimicrobial Therapy for CNS Infestions
306. Choice of Antibiotics in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Common Neurosurgical Problems
307. Imaging of Intracranial Infection
308. Bacterial Meningitis
309. Tuberculosis of the Nervous System
310. Management of Solitary Intracranial Abscess
311. Managment of Multiple Brain Abscesses
312. Fungal Infections of the Brain
313. Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System
314. Infection in the Postoperative Neurosurgical Patient
315. Intracranial Dural Space Infections
316. Pituitary Abscess
317. Evaluation and Treatment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections
318. Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
319. Neurosyphilis
320. Neurosurgical Implications of HIV Infection
321. Diagnostic Imaging of Spinal Infection
322. Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis
323. Spinal Tuberculosis
324. Spinal Epidural Abscess, Subdural Empyema, and Spinal Cord
325. Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Spine

XIII. Nonclinical Issues Relevant to the Neurosurgeon
326. Ethical Aspects of Neurosurgical Practice
327. Neurosurgical Certification, Recertification and Accreditation
328. The Structure of Organized Neurosurger
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ISBN
978-0-7817-1271-2
EAN
9780781712712
Editor
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Páginas
4288
Largo
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Peso
3000
Edición
Fecha de edición
15-11-2002
Año de edición
2002
Nº de ediciones
1
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