Pathology and surgery around the vertebral artery

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
History of vertebral artery surgery....Pages 1-4
Embryology of the vertebral artery....Pages 5-24
Embryology of the cervical spine and cranio-vertebral junction....Pages 25-28
Anatomy of the vertebral artery....Pages 29-40
Relation between the cervical nerve roots and the vertebral artery....Pages 41-47
The origin of the anterior spinal artery from the vertebral artery: A brief overview of its anatomical variations and initial course....Pages 49-51
Anatomical variations....Pages 53-74
Non-invasive imaging of the vertebral artery....Pages 75-83
Vertebral artery ultrasonography....Pages 85-95
Flow monitoring....Pages 97-107
Vertebral artery dissections....Pages 109-123
The lateral approach to the V1 segment of the vertebral artery....Pages 125-141
The lateral approach to the V2 segment of the vertebral artery....Pages 143-164
Surgical technique for the resection of tumors in relation with the V1 and V2 segments of the vertebral artery....Pages 165-200
Proximal vertebral artery revascularization....Pages 201-213
Indications and technique for microsurgical revascularization of proximal vertebral artery....Pages 215-225
The selective microforaminotomy....Pages 227-246
Oblique corpectomy....Pages 247-266
Oblique corpectomy biomechanics....Pages 267-271
Extrinsic compression of the vertebral artery....Pages 273-283
Compression by the vertebral artery....Pages 285-295
Nonpenetrating and penetrating trauma of the vertebral artery....Pages 297-307
Management of vertebral artery trauma....Pages 309-315
Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction....Pages 317-328
Surgical approaches to the V3 segment of the vertebral artery....Pages 329-360
Surgical technique for the resection of tumors in relation with the V3 and V4 segments of the vertebral artery....Pages 361-404
Ventral foramen magnum meningiomas: The transcondylar approach....Pages 405-416
Foramen magnum meningiomas: Posterolateral retrocondylar approach....Pages 417-425
Tumors of the occipitocervical junction....Pages 427-441
Nontumoral lesions of the craniocervical junction....Pages 443-455
Intraaxial lesions of the foramen magnum....Pages 457-471
Extrinsic compression Bow hunter’s stroke....Pages 473-487
Distal vertebral artery revascularization....Pages 489-500
Vascular malformations: Aneurysms and AVFs....Pages 501-516
Aneurysms of the vertebral artery....Pages 517-538
Endovascular management of vertebral artery disease....Pages 539-546
Endovascular treatment of giant vertebrobasilar aneurysms....Pages 547-554
Vasculonervous conflicts: Anatomy, imaging and surgery....Pages 555-567
Craniocervical junction instability after lateral approach of the craniocervical junction....Pages 569-584
Fixation techniques of the cervical spine and their relationship to the vertebral artery....Pages 585-605
Tumors of the jugular foramen....Pages 607-617
The infralabyrinthine trans-sigmoid transjugular approach to the jugular foramen....Pages 619-629
Microsurgical management of 150 jugular foramen tumors: Advanced cranial base microanatomy and operative results....Pages 631-639
The juxtacondylar approach to the jugular foramen....Pages 641-667
Complications of surgery around the vertebral artery and their management....Pages 669-677