Principles of neurological surgery /

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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2012.
Description:xxvii, 820 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8829699
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Other uniform titles:Principles of neurosurgery.
Other authors / contributors:Ellenbogen, Richard G.
Abdulrauf, Saleem I.
Sekhar, Laligam N.
ISBN:9781437707014 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1437707017 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Principles of neurosurgery / edited by Setti S. Rengachary, Richard G. Ellenbogen. 2nd ed. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. General Overview
  • 1. Landmarks in the History of Neurosurgery
  • 2. Clinical Evaluation of the Nervous System
  • 3. Principles of Modern Neuroimaging
  • 4. Principles of Surgical Positioning
  • Part 2. Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • 5. Spinal Dysraphism and Tethered Spinal Cord
  • 6. Hydrocephalus in Children and Adults
  • 7. Developmental Anomalies: Arachnoid Cysts, Dermoids, and Epidermoids
  • 8. Diagnosis and Surgical Options for Craniosynostosis
  • 9. The Chiari Malformations and Syringohydromyelia
  • 10. Posterior Fossa and Brainstem Tumors in Children
  • 11. Causes of Nontraumatic Hemorrhagic Stroke in Children: Pediatric Moyamoya Syndrome
  • Part 3. Vascular Neurosurgery
  • 12. Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease and Carotid Surgery
  • 13. Intracranial Aneurysms
  • 14. Vascular Malformations (Arteriovenous Malformations and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas)
  • 15. Cavernous Malformations Management Strategies
  • 16. Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • 17. Endovascular Neurosurgery
  • 18. Cerebral Revascularization for Giant Aneurysms of the Transitional Segment of the Internal Carotid Artery
  • Part 4. Trauma
  • 19. Intracranial Hypertension
  • 20. Closed Head Injury
  • 21. Penetrating Brain Injury
  • 22. Traumatic Skull and Facial Fractures
  • Part 5. Spine
  • 23. Injuries to the Cervical Spine
  • 24. Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
  • 25. Intradural Extramedullary and Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors.
  • 26. Treatment of Spinal Metastatic Tumors
  • 27. Spinal Cord Injury
  • 28. Syringomyelia
  • 29. Craniovertebral Junction: A Reappraisal
  • 30. Degenerative Spine Disease
  • 31. Pediatric and Adult Scoliosis
  • 32. Acute Nerve Injuries
  • 33. Entrapment Neuropathies
  • Part 6. Tumors
  • 34. Low-Grade and High-Grade Gliomas
  • 35. Metastatic Brain Tumors
  • 36. Meningiomas
  • 37. Tumors of the Pineal Region
  • 38. Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors
  • 39. Craniopharyngiomas and Suprasellar Tumors
  • 40. Pituitary Tumors: Diagnosis and Management
  • 41. Endoscopic Approaches to Ventricular Tumors and Colloid Cysts
  • 42. Microsurgical Approaches to the Ventricular System
  • 43. Skull Base Approaches
  • 44. Endoscopic Approaches to Skull Base Lesions, Ventricular Tumors, and Cysts
  • Part 7. Radiosurgery
  • 45. Application of Current Radiation Delivery Systems and Radiobiology
  • 46. Radiosurgery of Central Nervous System Tumors
  • 47. Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Vascular Malformation
  • Part 8. Functional/Pain
  • 48. Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • 49. Surgical Therapy for Pain
  • 50. Spasticity: Classification, Diagnosis, and Management
  • 51. Surgery for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
  • 52. Extratemporal Procedures and Hemispherectomy for Epilepsy
  • 53. Basic Principles of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and New Frontiers