Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Virtual Operating Field: How Image Guidance Became Integral to Microneurosurgery....Pages 3-14
Potential and Limitations of Chronic High-Fr Deep-Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 15-20
Proliferation Behaviour of Meningiomas....Pages 21-31
Neurotransplantation and the Restoration of Motor Behavior in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 33-46
Preservation and Restitution of Auditory Function in Neurofibromatosis Type 2....Pages 47-57
Restoration of Locomotion in Post-traumatic Paraplegics: The Neurosurgeon’s Personal View....Pages 59-68
Spinal Robotics....Pages 69-75
Endoscope-Assisted Microsurgery....Pages 77-86
Intraoperative Brain Mapping....Pages 87-102
Endoscopy and Thermodiskoplasty: A Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment for Lumbar Pain....Pages 103-115
Considerations for Experimental Neuromodulation Following Grafting of the Spinal Cord to Skeletal Muscles for Clinical Application....Pages 117-127
Preoperative Visualization of the Facial Nerve Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Fibre Tracking in Patients with Large Vestibular Schwannomas....Pages 129-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Olfactory Groove Meningiomas: Pitfalls and Surgical Technique....Pages 139-148
Preservation of the Olfactory Tract in Bifrontal Craniotomy....Pages 149-153
Treatment of Meningiomas Involving the Optic Nerve Sheath....Pages 155-162
Surgical Management of Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas....Pages 163-172
Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas....Pages 173-183
Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas....Pages 185-198
Petroclival Meningiomas Diagnosis, Treatment, and Results....Pages 199-216
Retrosigmoid Approach to the Posterior and Middle Fossa....Pages 217-235
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The Surgical Management of Trigeminal Schwannomas....Pages 237-250
Facial Nerve Schwannomas....Pages 251-264
Vestibular Schwannoma: Current State of the Art....Pages 265-283
Functional Microsurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas....Pages 285-300
Surgery of Large and Giant Residual/Recurrent Vestibular Schwannomas....Pages 301-311
Arachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa....Pages 313-320
Facial and Cochlear Nerve Function After Surgery of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas....Pages 321-332
Jugular Foramen Tumors: Diagnosis and Management....Pages 333-352
Endoscopic Transnasal Surgery for Clival Chordoma....Pages 353-363
Surgery of Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoids....Pages 365-373
Approaches to the Orbit: A 360-Degree View....Pages 375-406
Pituitary Surgery Beyond the Sella....Pages 407-416
Tumors of the Craniocervical Junction: Overview and Update....Pages 417-431
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Hydrocephalus....Pages 435-447
Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome....Pages 449-459
Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Lower Extremity....Pages 461-469
Hypoglossal–Facial Nerve Anastomosis....Pages 471-481
Facial Pain: Diagnosis and Therapy....Pages 483-491
Epilepsy Surgery....Pages 493-506
Bypass and Vascular Reconstruction for Anterior Circulation Aneurysms....Pages 507-536
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Bypass and Vascular Reconstruction for Posterior Circulation Aneurysms....Pages 537-559
Full-Endoscopic Lumbar and Cervical Surgery for Disc Herniation....Pages 561-567
Syringomyelia and Syringobulbia....Pages 569-576
Total Lumbar Facet Replacement: Indication, Technique, and 3- and 4-Year Results....Pages 577-587
Mini-open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Diseases....Pages 589-594
Back Matter....Pages 595-605