Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery (eBook)

Foreword I 6
Foreword II 8
Preface I 9
Preface II 11
Contents 12
List of Contributors 14
Madjid Samii’s Curriculum Vitae 17
Madjid Samii, M. D., Ph. D. Curriculum Vitae 18
Technologic Developments 24
The Virtual Operating Field – How Image Guidance can Become Integral to Microneurosurgery 25
Potential and Limitations of Chronic High- Frequency Deep- Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease 35
Proliferation Behaviour of Meningiomas 41
Neural Transplantation and Restoration of Motor Behaviour in Parkinson‘ s Disease 49
Preservation and Restitution of Auditory Function in Neurofibromatosis Type 2 63
Restoration of Locomotion in Post- traumatic Paraplegics: The Neurosurgeon’s Personal View 72
Skull Base 80
Surgery of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas 81
Preservation of the Olfactory Tract in Bifrontal Craniotomy 88
Treatment of Meningiomas Involving the Optic Nerve Sheath 93
Surgical Management of Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas 100
Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas 108
Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas 118
Petroclival Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Results 130
Retrosigmoid Approach to the Posterior and Middle Fossae 145
The Surgical Management of Trigeminal Schwannomas 162
Facial Nerve Schwannomas 172
Vestibular Schwannoma: Current State of the Art 182
Functional Microsurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas 195
Surgery of Large and Giant Residual/ Recurrent Vestibular Schwannomas 210
Arachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa 219
Facial and Cochlear Nerve Function After Surgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas 225
Jugular Foramen Tumors – Diagnosis and Management 235
Specific Surgical Management 250
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Hydrocephalus 251
Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome 261
Dysfunctional Segmental Motion and Discogenic Lumbar Pain. From Fusion to Disc Replacement 270
Managing the Degenerative Cervical Spine: The Role of Interbody Fusion and Motion- Preserving Techniques 277
Surgical Reconstruction of Musculocutaneous Nerves in Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries 283
Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Lower Extremity 291
Hypoglossal– Facial Nerve Anastomosis 297
Facial Pain – Diagnosis and Therapy 306
Epilepsy Surgery 313
Bypass and Vascular Reconstruction for Anterior Circulation Aneurysms 326
Cerebral Bypass and Vascular Reconstructions for Posterior Circulation Aneurysms 349
Subject Index 371