Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery

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Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery
PART 1 Cranial
	SECTION 1 General
		Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		2.pdf
			Supratentorial Occipital Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Prone Position
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		3.pdf
			Temporal and Frontotemporal Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		4.pdf
			Subtemporal (Intradural and Extradural) Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		5.pdf
			Suboccipital Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Closure
					Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		6.pdf
			Extended Retrosigmoid Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Skin Incision
				Craniotomy
				Dural Opening
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		7.pdf
			Presigmoid Approaches to Posterior Fossa: Translabyrinthine and Transcochlear
				Translabyrinthine approach
					Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
					Procedure
				Transcochlear approach
					Indications
				Contraindications
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		8.pdf
			Transcallosal Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Patient Selection
					Patient Positioning
				Procedure
					Craniotomy
					Interhemispheric Dissection
					Callosotomy
					Approach Options to the Third Ventricle
					Transforaminal Approach
					Transchoroidal Approach
					Closure
				Tips from the masters
		9.pdf
			Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Tips From the Masters
				Bailout options
		10.pdf
			Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		11.pdf
			Occipital Transtentorial Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Positioning for Occipital Transtentorial Craniotomy
					Occipital Transtentorial Craniotomy
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		12.pdf
			Trauma Flap: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		13.pdf
			Parasagittal Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout options
		14.pdf
			Supraorbital (Keyhole) Craniotomy With Optional Orbital Osteotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Eyebrow Approach
				Eyebrow Incision
				Soft Tissue Dissection
				Craniotomy
				Eyelid Approach
				Eyelid Incision
				Dural Opening
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 2 Skull Base
		15 Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Orbitozygomatic Osteotomy
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
				Removal of Superior Orbit
				Disconnection of Maxillary Buttress
			Tips From the Masters
		16.pdf
			Subfrontal and Bifrontal Craniotomies with or without Orbital Osteotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Closure
				Tips from the masters
		17.pdf
			Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure:
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		18.pdf
			Temporopolar (Half-and-Half) Approach to the Basilar Artery and the Retrosellar Space
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		19.pdf
			Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal or Petrous Apex
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
		20.pdf
			Retrolabyrinthine Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
	SECTION 3 Vascular
		21 Pterional Craniotomy for Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping
			Indications
				Absolute
				Strong
			Contraindications
				Strong
				Relative
			Planning and positioning
			Procedures
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		22.pdf
			Pterional Craniotomy for Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping
				Indications
					Absolute
					Strong
				Contraindications
					Strong
					Relative
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		23.pdf
			Paraclinoid Carotid Artery Aneurysms
				Indications for Craniotomy
					Ruptured Aneurysm
					Symptomatic Unruptured Aneurysm
					Asymptomatic Unruptured Aneurysm
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Preoperative Radiologic Evaluation
					Balloon Test Occlusion
				Positioning
				Procedure
					Proximal Control
					Skin Incision and Craniotomy
					Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy
					Intradural Microdissection
					Intraoperative Angiogram and Indocyanine Green Angiogram
					Contralateral Approach
				Tips from the masters
					Bailout Options
		24.pdf
			Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Pterional (Frontotemporal) Craniotomy for Clipping
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Medial Transsylvian Approach
					Lateral Transsylvian Approach
					Superior Temporal Gyrus Approach
					Tips From the Masters
				Bailout options
		25.pdf
			Paramedian Craniotomy and Unilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Clipping of Distal Anterior CerebralArtery Ane ...
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		26.pdf
			Vertebral Artery Aneurysms: Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach for Clipping
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		27.pdf
			Basilar Artery Aneurysm: Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy for Clipping
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Positioning for Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy
				Procedure
					Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy
					Dissection
					Temporary Clipping
					Permanent Clipping of the Aneurysm
					Reexamination of the Complex Aneurysm
				Postoperative care
				Tips from the masters
					Rupture of Aneurysm During Clipping
					Injury to Brainstem Perforating Arteries
					Injury to Oculomotor Nerve
		28.pdf
			Craniotomy for Resection of Intracranial Cortical Arteriovenous Malformation
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Tips from the masters
		29.pdf
			Subcortical Arteriovenous Malformations: Corpus Callosum, Lateral Ventricle, Thalamus, and Basal Ganglia
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		30.pdf
			Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Disconnection
				Indications
					General Indications for Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
						Borden I Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Sinus Drainage Without Cortical Venous Reflux
						Borden II Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Sinus Drainage With Cortical Venous Reflux
						Borden III Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Direct Cortical Venous Reflux Without Sinus Drainage
					Location of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
				Treatment options
					Endovascular Therapy
					Surgery
					Radiosurgery
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Tips From the Masters
				Bailout options
		31.pdf
			Cavernous Malformations
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Tips From the masters
				Bailout options
		32.pdf
			Superficial Temporal Artery–Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		33.pdf
			Extracranial-Intracranial High-Flow Bypass
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Types of High-Flow Carotid Bypass
				Positioning
				Procedure
					Skin Incision
					Skin Flap Reflection
					Craniotomy
					Anterior Clinoidectomy
					Optic Canal Unroofing
					Identification of Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve and Internal Carotid Artery C6 Portion
					Opening of the Fibrous Ring
					Bypass Type 1 (C6 to C3)
					Bypass Type 3
					Chest Tube Technique
					Bypass Type 2
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		34.pdf
			Open Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		35.pdf
			Image-Guided Catheter Evacuation and Thrombolysis for Intracerebral Hematoma
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 4 Functional
		36 Anteromedial Temporal Lobe Resection
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		37.pdf
			Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		38.pdf
			Seizure Focus Monitor Placement
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		39.pdf
			Awake Craniotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		40.pdf
			Corpus Callosotomy (Anterior and Complete)
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		41.pdf
			Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Frame Application
					Imaging
					Target and Entry Planning
					Stereotactic Frame Adjustment
				Patient positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		42.pdf
			Deep Brain Stimulation
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		43.pdf
			Motor Cortex Stimulator Placement
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		44.pdf
			Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulator Placement
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		45.pdf
			Retrosigmoid Craniotomy for Microvascular Decompression
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 5 Other
		46 Cranioplasty (Autogenous, Cadaveric, and Alloplastic)
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		47.pdf
			Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		48.pdf
			Endoscopic Colloid Cyst Removal
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		49.pdf
			Encephalocele Repair
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		50.pdf
			Craniosynostosis Frontoorbital Advancement and Cranial Vault Reshaping (Open and Endoscopic)
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		51.pdf
			Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Closure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		52.pdf
			Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		53.pdf
			Insertion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Closure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
PART 2 Spinal
	SECTION 6 Cervical
		54 Anterior C1-2 Fixation
			Procedure notes
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
				Surgical Approach
					Transoral Approach
					Anterior Retropharyngeal Approach
					Lateral Approach
				Anterior C1-2 Transarticular Screw Fixation
				C1-2 Anterior Plate Fixation
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		55.pdf
			Transarticular Screws for C1-2 Fixation
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
					Anesthetic Considerations
					Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		56.pdf
			C1-2 Posterior Cervical Fusion
				Indications
					Nonhealed Odontoid Fractures (Types II and III)
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		57.pdf
			Occipitocervical Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		58.pdf
			Transoral Odontoidectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		59.pdf
			Odontoid Screw Fixation
				Indications
				Contraindications
					Absolute
					Relative
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		60.pdf
			Anterior Cervical Diskectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		61.pdf
			Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		62.pdf
			Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Laminectomy
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		63.pdf
			Lateral Mass Fixation
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		64.pdf
			Posterior Cervicothoracic Osteotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 7 Thoracic
		65 Thoracic Diskectomy—Transthoracic Approach
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and Positioning
			Procedure
			Tips From the Masters
			Bailout Options
		66.pdf
			Thoracic Corpectomy—Anterior Approach
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		67.pdf
			Costotransversectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips From the Masters
				Bailout Options
		68.pdf
			Thoracic Transpedicular Corpectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		69.pdf
			Smith-Petersen Osteotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		70.pdf
			Thoracic Pedicle Screws
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips From The Masters
				Bailout Options
	SECTION 8 Lumbosacral
		71 Lumbar Laminectomy
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
				Skin Incision
				Removal of Lamina and of Ligamentum Flavum
				Completion of Wide Laminectomy
				Closure of Operative Site
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		72.pdf
			Lumbar Microdiskectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Skin Incision
					Fascial and Subfascial Dissection
					Subperiosteal Dissection
					Hemilaminectomy
					Removal of Ligamentum Flavum to Find Thecal Sac
					Closure of Operative Site
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		73.pdf
			Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		74.pdf
			Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout Options
		75.pdf
			Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		76.pdf
			Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		77.pdf
			Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		78.pdf
			Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		79.pdf
			Pelvic Fixation
				Procedure notes
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		80.pdf
			Partial Sacrectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 9 Minimally Invasive Spine
		81 Minimally Invasive C1-2 Fusion
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout option
		82.pdf
			Lumbar Microdiskectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		83.pdf
			Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		84.pdf
			Thoracoscopic Diskectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		85.pdf
			Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
					Lateral-Medial Targeting of Pedicle
					“Bull’s Eye” Approach to Pedicle Targeting
					Targeting the S1 Pedicle
					Image-Guided Navigation
					Reduction Techniques
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		86.pdf
			Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
	SECTION 10 Other
		87 Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations
			Indications
			Contraindications
			Planning and positioning
			Procedure
			Tips from the masters
			Bailout options
		88.pdf
			Surgical Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		89.pdf
			Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		90.pdf
			Spinal Cord Stimulator
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		91.pdf
			Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		92.pdf
			Primary Myelomeningocele Closure
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		93.pdf
			Tethered Cord Release
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		94.pdf
			Exploration for Injury to an Infant’s Brachial Plexus
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
		95.pdf
			Ulnar Nerve Release
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the masters
				Bailout options
		96.pdf
			Open Carpal Tunnel Release
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout Options
		97.pdf
			Brachial Plexus Injury Nerve Grafting and Transfers
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
					Nerve Grafting Using Sural Nerve
					Nerve Grafting Using the Oberlin Technique
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
		98.pdf
			Intradural Nerve Sheath Tumors
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout Options
		99.pdf
			Intradural Tumor—Meningioma
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout Options
		100.pdf
			Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor
				Indications
				Contraindications
				Planning and Positioning
				Procedure
				Tips from the Masters
				Bailout Options
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