Congress of Neurological Surgeons Essential Papers in Neurosurgery

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Chapter 1 Functional
Section Editors: Ashwini D. Sharan, MD and Ali Rezai, MDAssistant section editor: Jorge Urquiaga, MD
Pain
Editorialists: Julie Pilitsis MD, PhD, Milind Deogaonkar MD, Steven M. Falowski, MD, Christopher J. Winfree, MD, FACS, Jason M. Schwalb, MD, FACS, and Erika A. Petersen, MD
Movement Disorders
Editorialists: Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD, Bradley Lega, MD, and Chengyuan Wu MD MSBmE
Epilepsy
Editorialists: Jorge Gonzalez Martinez, MD, PhD, Joseph Neimat, MD, MS, Chengyuan Wu MD MSBmE, and Kareem A. Zaghloul, MD, PhD
Dystonia
Editorialists: Ron Alterman, MD and Bradley Lega, MD
Neuropsychiatric disorder
Editorialists: Clement Hamani, MD PhD and Bradley Lega, MD

Chapter 2 Pediatric Neurosurgery
Section Editors: Krystal Tomei, MD, MPH and Gerald Grant, MD, FACS
Assistant section editor: Georgios Alexopoulos, MD
Craniosynostoses
Editorialist: Matthew D. Smyth, MD, FACS, Joanna Kemp, MD and Phuong D. Nguyen, MD
Hydrocephalus
Editorialists: Maheen Q. Khan, MD, Ramin Eskandari, MD, Ann Marie Flannery, MD, Paul Kanev, MD, Philippe Mercier MD, PhD, and Shenandoah Robinson, MD
Pediatric Brain Tumors
Editorialists: Raffel Corey, MD, PhD, George I. Jallo, MD, Philippe Mercier MD, PhD, and Lissa C. Baird, MD
Spinal Dysraphism
Editorialists: Timothy George, MD and Catherine McClung Smith, MD
Spasticity
Editorialists: David F. Bauer, MD. And M. Burhan Janjua, MD
Historical
Editorialists: Alan R. Cohen, MD and R. Michael Scott, MD

Chapter 3 Peripheral Nerve
Section Editors: Robert J. Spinner, MD
Entrapment
Editorialists: Amgad S. Hanna, MD, Manish Sharma, MB BS, Gavin Davis, MB BS and Michael Biggs, MB BS, FRACS, Eric L. Zager, MD, and Marie-Noelle Herbert-Blouin, MD
Tumor
Editorialists: Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD, FACS, John E. McGillicuddy, M, Allen M. Maniker, MD and Line Jacques, MD
Trauma
Editorialists: Justin M. Brown, MD, Rajiv Midha, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FCAHS, Allan J. Belzberg, MD, Ketan Desai, MS, M.CH, Martjin J.A. Malessy, MD, PhD and Lynda J.-S. Yang, MD, PhD
Imaging
Editorialists: Michel Kliot, MD and Elias Rizk, MD
Historical
Editorialists: Allan H. Friedman, MD and Michael J. Dorsi, MD

Chapter 4 Spine
Section Editors: Zoher Ghogawala, MD and Daniel J. Ho, MD
Cervical Degenerative Disease
Editorialists: Robert Heary, MD, Vincent Traynelis, MD, Todd Albert, MD and Dan Riew, MD
Lumbar Degenerative Disease
Editorialists: Daniel Resnick, MD, Paul McCormick, MD, MPH, FACS, Joseph Cheng, MD, Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, Thomas E Mroz MD and John O'Toole, MD, MS
Spinal Deformity
Editorialists: Sigurd Berven, MD, Frank LaMarca, MD, Lawrence G. Lenke, MD and Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
Spinal Trauma
Editorialists: James S. Harrop, MD and R. John Hurblert, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Spinal Tumors
Editorialists: Ziya Gokalsan, MD and John Chi, MD, MPH
Historical
Editorialists: Edward Benzel, MD, Allan R. Martin, BASc, MD, PhD FRCSC and Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC

Chapter 5 Trauma
Section Editor: Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS
Spinal Cord Injury
Editorialists: Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD and Beverly C. Walters, MD, MSc, FRCSC, James S. Harrop, MD, David Wright, MD, Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACS, David O. Okonkwo MD, PhD, Paul Arnold, MD and Eve Tsai, MD
TBI
Editorialists: Jam Ghajar, MD, M Ross Bullock, MD PhD, Craig Rabb, MD, FACS, Roxanne Todor, MD, Daniel Michael, MD, PhD, Martina Stippler, MD, Odette Harris, MD, MPH and Donald W. Marion, MD, Alex Valadka, MD, and Shelly Timmons, MD, PhD
Historical
Editorialists: Roland Torres, MD and Jack Wilberger, MD

Chapter 6 Tumor
Section Editors: Steven N Kalkanis, MD and Ganesh Rao, MD
Primary Brain Tumors
Editorialists: Mitch Berger, MD, Mark L. Rosenblum, MD, Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, John Yu, MD, Michael A. Vogelbaum MD, PhD and Sujit S. Prabhu, MD
Meningiomas
Editorialists: Steven A. Toms, MD, MPH, Daniel Cahill, MD, PhD, Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD, Ed Laws, MD, Franco DeMonte, MD and Ossama Al-Mefty MD
Brain Metastases
Editorialists: Raymond Sawaya, MD, Douglas Kondziolka, MD, Randy Jensen, MD, PhD, Paul D. Brown, MD, Eric L. Chang, MD and Jason P. Sheehan, MD, PhD
Historical:
Editorialists: William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD and Jack Rock, MD

Chapter 7 Vascular
Section Editors: Bernard Bendok R. Bendok, MD and Elad I. Levy, MD
Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Editorialists: Pascal Jabbour, MD, Adam S Arthur, MD, MPH, Carlos A. David, MD, Erol Veznedaroglu, MD, Jacques Morcos, MD and Ricardo A Hanel, MD PhD
Carotid and Ischemic Stroke
Editorialists: Robert Harbaugh, MD, Andrew J. Ringer, MD, J Mocco, MD, MS, Daniel Surdell, MD, and Rabih G. Tawk, MD
Arteriovenous Malformations
Editorialists: Daniel L Surdell, MD, B. Gregory Thompson, MD, Kevin Kockroft, MD, and Nick Bambakidis, MD
ICH
Editorialists: Issam Awad, MD, Judy Huang, MD, Nicholas C Bambakidis, MD and Sepideh Amin-Hanjani MD
Historical
Editorialists: Hunt Batjer, MD and Daniel Barrow, MD