Schmidek and Sweet's Operative Neurosurgical Techniques

Section I. Introduction 1. Assessing Surgical Innovation Section II. Trauma to the Scalp, Skull, and Brain 2. Surgical Repair of Major Defects of the Scalp and Skull 3. Perioperative Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults 4. Surgical Management of Severe Closed Head Injury in Adults 5. Decompressive Craniectomy: Physiologic Rationale, Clinical Indications, and Surgical Considerations 6. Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adults 7. Penetrating Brain Injuries 8. Surgical Management of Trauma Involving the Skull Base and Paranasal Sinuses 9. Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks 10. Transnasal Endoscopic Repair of Cranionasal Fistulas Section III. Orbit 11. Transcranial Approach to Lesions of the Orbit 12. Surgical Management of Intraorbital Tumors Section IV. Anterior Skull Base 13. Transbasal Approach to Tumors Invading the Skull Base 14. Anterior Midline Approaches to the Skull Base 15. Orbitozygomatic Infratemporal Approach to Parasellar Meningiomas 16. Surgical Management of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas 17. Surgical Management of Tuberculum Sellae and Medial Sphenoid Ridge Meningiomas 18. Sphenoid Ridge Meningiomas 19. Surgical Management of Tumors Involving the Cavernous Sinus 20. Surgical and Endovascular Management of Aneurysms and Fistulas Involving the Cavernous Sinus 21. Craniofacial Resection for Anterior Skull Base Tumors 22. Transtemporal Approaches to the Posterior Cranial Fossa Section V. Craniopharyngiomas and Pituitary Tumors 23. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas and Craniopharyngiomas 24. Endocrinologic Approach to the Evaluation and Management of the Patient Undergoing Surgery for a Pituitary Tumor 25. Transsphenoidal Approach to Pituitary Tumors 26. Complications of Transsphenoidal Microsurgery 27. Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery 28. Transcranial Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenomas 29. Surgical Management of Endocrinologically Silent Pituitary Tumors 30. Surgical Management of Growth Hormone-Secreting and Prolactine-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas 31. Repair of the Sella Turcica After Transsphenoidal Surgery 32. Management of Cushing's Disease 33. Craniopharyngiomas: A Summary of Data 34. Surgical Management of Craniopharyngiomas Section VI. Intracranial and Intraspinal Cysts 35. Surgical Management of Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke's Cleft Cysts 36. Intraspinal Cerebrosypinal Fluid Cysts Section VII. Management of Hydrocephalus 37. Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting and Management of Pediatric Hydrocephalus 38. Surgical Management of Adult Hydrocephalus Section VIII. New Technologies in Neurosurgery 39. Neuronavigation in Neuroendoscopic Surgery 40. Gamma Knife Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations, Tumors, and Functional Disorders 41. CT/MRI-Based Computer-Assisted Volumetric Stereotactic Resection of Intracranial Lesions 42. Intraoperative Neurophysiology: A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the Nervous System 43. Ultrasound in Neurosurgery Section IX. Brain Tumors 44. Frame-Based Stereotactic Brain Biopsy 45. Surgical Management of Cerebral Metastases 46. Management of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas 47. Current Surgical Management of High-Grade Gliomas 48. Surgical Management of Low-Grade Gliomas 49. Surgical Management of Lesions in Eloquent Areas of Brain 50. Surgical Management of Recurrent Gliomas 51. Surgical Management of Convexity, Parasagittal, and Falx Meningiomas 52. Neuroendoscopic Approach to Intraventricular Tumors 53. Approaches to Lateral and Third Ventricular Tumors 54. Transcallosal Approach to Tumors of the Third Ventricle 55. Pineal Region Masses: Clinical Features and Management 56. Alternate Surgical Approaches to Pineal Region Neoplasms 57. Supracerebellar Approach for Pineal Region Neoplasms Section X. Brain Stem Tumors 58. Surgical Management of Brain Stem, Thalamic, and Hypothalamic Tumors Section XI. Posterior Fossa Tumors 59. Surgical Management of Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Cerebellar Infarction 60. Surgical Management of Cerebellar Astrocytomas in Adults 61. Surgical Management of Tumors of the Fourth Ventricle 62. Radiosurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas 63. Suboccipital Transmeatal Approach to Vestibular Schwannoma 64. Translabyrinthine Approaches to Vestibular Schwannomas 65. Vestibular Nerve Section in the Management of Intractable Vertigo 66. Surgical Management of Lesions of the Clivus 67. Surgical Treatment of Neurofibromatosis 68. Posterior Fossa Meningiomas 69. Petroclival Meningiomas 70. Surgical Management of Glomus Jugulare Tumors 71. Surgical Management of Nonglomus Tumors of the Jugular Foramen Section XII. Extracranial Vascular Disease 72. Surgical Management of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease 73. Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries 74. Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage 75. Surgical Management of Moyamoya Disease in Adults Section XIII. Management of Intracranial Aneurysms 76. Management of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms 77. Surgical Management of Paraclinoid Aneurysms 78. Surgical Management of Posterior Communicating, Anterior Choroidal, and Carotid Bifurcation Aneurysms 79. Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms 80. Microsurgical Management of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms 81. Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Artery 82. Intraoperative Endovascular Techniques in the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms 83. Surgical Management of Terminal Basilar Artery and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms 84. Surgical Management of Midbasilar and Lower Basilar Aneurysms 85. Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Complex 86. Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms 87. Surgical Management of Intracranial Aneurysms Caused by Infection Section XIV. Management of Intracranial Malformations 88. Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations 89. Surgical Management of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Scalp 90. Surgical Management of Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas 91. Surgical Management of Cavernous Malformations of the Nervous System 92. Surgical Management of the Brain Stem Vascular Malformations 93. Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Tumors and Arteriovenous Malformations Section XV. Surgical Management of Epilepsy 94. Diagnostic Techniques in Surgical Management of Epilepsy: Strip Electrodes, Grids, and Depth Electrodes 95. Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve 96. Temporal Lobe Operations for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy 97. Multilobar Resections in Epilepsy Surgery 98. Multiple Subpial Transection for Epilepsy 99. Section of the Corpus Callosum for Epilepsy Section XVI. Surgical Management of Movement Disorders and Pain 100. Surgical Treatment of the Dyskinesias 101. Deep Brain Stimulation in the Management of Parkinson's Disease and Disabling Tremor 102. Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders 103. Cingulotomy for Intractable Psychiatric Illness 104. Microvascular Decompression Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm 105. Current Management of Cervical Dystonia 106. Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizolysis in Trigeminal Neuralgia 107. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia 108. Precutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Facial Pain 109. Neurovascular Decompression in Surgical Disorders of Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, and X 110. Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intraspinal Infusions for Pain 111. Open Cordotomy and Medullary Tractotomy 112. Microsurgical DREZotomy Section XVII. Surgical Management of Infections 113. Suppurative Intracranial Infections 114. Considerations of Infections after Craniotomy 115. Neurosurgical Management of HIV-Related Focal Brain Lesions 116. Surgical Management of Tuberculous Infections of the Nervous System 117. Surgical Management of Fungal infections of the Central Nervous System 118. Neurosurgical Aspects of Neurocysticercosis 119. Spinal Infections: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess 120. Primary Reconstruction for Spinal Infections Section XVIII. Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Disorders 121. Craniovertebral Abnormalities and Their Neurosurgical Management 122. Treatment of Odontoid Fractures 123. Surgical Management of Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord 124. Meningiomas of the Foramen Magnum 125. Microsurgery of Syringomyelia and Syringomyelia Cord Syndrome 126. Surgical Management of the Rheumatoid Cervical Spine 127. Cervicothoracic Anklyosing Spondylitis 128. Ankylosing Spondylitis and Management of Spinal Complications 129. Disorders of the Spine Related to Plasma Cell Dyscrasias 130 Innovations in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery 131. Anterior Approaches in Multisegmental Cervical Spondylosis 132. Surgical Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy 133. Surgical Management of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament 134. Circumferential Spinal Fusion (Cervical) 135. Cervical Laminoplasty 136. Surgical Techniques for Stabilization of the Subaxial Cervical Spine (C3-C7) 137. Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults 138. CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Spinal Lesions 139. Surgical Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction 140. Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Discectomy 141. Endoscopically Assisted Surgical Management of Thoracic and Lumbar Fractures 142. Surgical Management of Thoracic Disc Herniations 143. Management Options in Thoracolumbar Fractures 144. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty 145. Technique of Complete Spondylectomy in the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine 146. Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Spine 147. Microsurgery of Ruptured Lumbar Intervetebral Disc 148. Far Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniations: Diagnosis and Surgical Management 149. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Mini-Open Laparotomy Approach 150. Surgical Management of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis 151. Image-Guided Spine Surgery 152. Surgical Management of Segmental Spinal Instability 153. Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage After Spinal Surgery 154. Management of Persistent Symptoms After Lumbar Disc Surgery 155. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain 156. Management of Cauda Equina Tumors 157. Tethered Cord Syndrome in the Adult 158. Sacral Resection and Stabilization Section XIX. Surgery of the Peripheral Nervous System 159. Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhydrosis 160. Superior Sulcus Tumors 161. Surgical Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries in Adults 162. Surgical Management of Spinal Nerve Root Injuries 163. Surgical Management of Peripheral Nerve Tumors 164. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 165. Surgical Management of Median Nerve Compression at the Wrist by Open Technique 166. Entrapment Neuropathies of the Lower Extremities 167. Surgical Management of Sciatic Nerve Lesions Section XX. Safety Measures in Surgery 168. Ensuring Patient Safety in Surgery--"First Do No Harm" Index