Surgery of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Relevant Anatomy of the Craniovertebral Junction  (Elena d’Avella, Luigi Maria Cavallo, Matteo De Notaris, Jose Pineda, Alberto Di Somma, Paolo Cappabianca et al.)....Pages 3-42
 Surgical Anatomy of the Vertebral Artery at Craniovertebral Junction Level  (Michael Bruneau, Bernard George)....Pages 43-59
 Radiological Assessment of the Craniovertebral Junction  (Mario Muto, Francesco Giurazza, Carlo Augusto Mallio, Gianluigi Guarnieri, Roberto Izzo)....Pages 61-85
 Biomechanics of the CVJ  (Francesco Signorelli, Massimiliano Visocchi)....Pages 87-94
 Sagittal Balance Concept Applied to the Craniovertebral Junction  (Ibrahim Obeid, Derek T. Cawley)....Pages 95-108
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 Surgical Positioning  (Claudio Schonauer, Enrico Tessitore)....Pages 111-116
 Neuroanesthetic Considerations for Patients Undergoing Posterior Fossa and Craniovertebral Junction Surgery  (Dominic J. Nardi, Shamik Chakraborty, Amir R. Dehdashti)....Pages 117-124
 Perioperative Management: Surgical Site Infection Prevention, DVT Prophylaxis, and Blood Loss Management  (Granit Molliqaj, Matthias Robin, Christoph Czarnetzki, Marie-Josée Daly, Americo Agostinho, Enrico Tessitore)....Pages 125-138
 Surgery of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction: Image Guidance, Navigation, and Augmented Reality  (Philippe Bijlenga, Max Jägersberg)....Pages 139-155
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 Open Transoral Approach  (David Choi)....Pages 159-169
 Endoscopic Transnasal Approach  (Felice Esposito, Fabio Cacciola, Domenico Solari, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Filippo Flavio Angileri, Oreste de Divitiis et al.)....Pages 171-186
 Odontoid Screw Fixation and Anterior C1-C2 Fixation Techniques  (Andrea Brunori, Daniele Marruzzo, Valentina Russo, Alberto Delitala)....Pages 187-196
 Atlanto-Axial Fixation Techniques  (Joseph A. Osorio, Markus Schomacher, Christopher P. Ames)....Pages 197-206
 Occipito-Cervical Fixation Techniques  (Yann Philippe Charles)....Pages 207-217
 Far Lateral Transcondylar Transtubercular Approach  (Naveed Kamal, Renuka K. Reddy, Takanori Fukushima, James K. Liu)....Pages 219-235
 Anterolateral and Extreme Lateral Approaches  (Kentaro Watanabe, Moujahed Labidi, Shunya Hanakita, Bernard George, Sébastien Froelich)....Pages 237-260
 Minimally Invasive Techniques Applied to the Cranio-Vertebral Junction  (Ken Hsuan-kan Chang, John Paul G. Kolcun, Michael Y. Wang)....Pages 261-273
 Endovascular Approaches: Indications and Techniques  (Elias Atallah, Nohra Chalouhi, Pascal Jabbour)....Pages 275-288
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 Craniovertebral Junction Instability and Mechanisms of Injury  (Cédric Barrey, Mehdi Afathi, Théo Broussolle, Corentin Dauleac, Philippe Bancel)....Pages 291-305
 Classification and Radiological Assessment of CVJ Trauma  (Juan Barges-Coll, John M. Duff)....Pages 307-318
 Surgical Decision-Making in Cranio-Vertebral Junction Trauma: A Case Illustrated Chapter  (Claudio Schonauer, Enrico Tessitore, Raffaele de Falco, Massimiliano Maione, Francesco Certo, Giuseppe Barbagallo)....Pages 319-326
 Management of Retro-Odontoid Pseudotumor  (Giuseppe M. V. Barbagallo, Massimiliano Maione, Francesco Certo)....Pages 327-333
 Classification and Radiological Assessment of CVJ Tumors  (Christian F. Freyschlag, Claudius Thomé)....Pages 335-352
 Primary Osseous and Metastatic Neoplasms of the CVJ  (Jared Fridley, Adetokunbo Oyelese, Ziya Gokaslan)....Pages 353-365
 Intramedullary Tumors of the Cervicomedullary Junction  (Alessandro Landi, Giacoma M. F. Brunetto, Fabrizio Gregori, Roberto Delfini)....Pages 367-393
 The Anterior (Endoscopic Endonasal) Approach and Outcomes for Foramen Magnum Tumors  (Nathan T. Zwagerman, Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, Eric W. Wang, Carl H. Snyderman, Paul A. Gardner)....Pages 395-402
 Foramen Magnum Tumours: Posterior Approaches and Outcome  (Karl Schaller)....Pages 403-412
 Surgery Involving the Vertebral Artery at the Cranio-vertebral Junction  (Michael Bruneau, Bernard George)....Pages 413-429
 Management of Aneurysms and AVMs at the Cranio-vertebral Junction  (Paolo Di Russo, Erez Nossek, Amir R. Dehdashti)....Pages 431-452
 Posterior Fossa Revascularization Options at the Cranio-vertebral Junction  (Erez Nossek, Amir R. Dehdashti)....Pages 453-466
 Management of Cavernous Malformation of the Cervicomedullary Junction  (M. Neil Woodall, Peter Nakaji)....Pages 467-481
 Management of Chiari Malformation  (Giannantonio Spena, Marco Maria Fontanella)....Pages 483-499
 Congenital Anomalies of Cranio-vertebral Junction  (Jayesh C. Sardhara, Chaitanya Godbole, Pavaman Sindgikar, Sanjay Behari)....Pages 501-523
 Infections at the Cranio-vertebral Junction  (Andrea Barbanera, Vincenzo Grasso, Andrea Cattalani, Matteo Vitali)....Pages 525-543
 Rheumatoid Cervical Myelopathy  (Kuntal Kanti Das, Satyadeo Pandey, Shruti Gupta, Sanjay Behari)....Pages 545-564
Back Matter ....Pages 565-574