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Section I. Introduction
1. Assessing Surgical Innovation
Section II. Trauma to the Scalp, Skull, and Brain
2. Surgical Repair of Major Defects of the Scalp and Skull 3.
Perioperative Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults
4. Surgical Management of Severe Closed Head Injury in Adults 5.
Decompressive Craniectomy: Physiology Rationale, Clinical
Indications, and Surgical Considerations 6. Surgical Management of
Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adults 7. Penetrating Head Injuries 8.
Surgical Management of Trauma Involving the Skull Base and Paranasal
Sinuses 9. Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks 10. Transnasal
Endoscopic Repair of Cranionasal Fistulas
Section III. Orbit
11. Transcranial Approach to Lesions of the Orbit 12. Surgical
Management of Intraorbital Tumors
Section IV. Anterior Skull Base
13. Transbasal Approach to Tumors Invading the Skull Base 14.
Anterior Midline Approaches to the Skull Base 15. Orbitozygomatic
Infratemporal Approach to Parasellar Meningiomas 16. Surgical
Management of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas 17. Surgical Management of
Tuberculum Sellae and Medial Sphenoid Ridge Meningiomas 18. Sphenoid
Ridge Meningiomas 19. Surgical Management of Tumors Involving the
Cavernous Sinus 20. Aneurysms and Fistulas 21. Craniofacial Resection
of the Anterior Skull Base Tumors 22. Transtemporal Approaches to the
Posterior Cranial Fossa
Section V. Craniopharynbiomas and Pituitary Tumors
23. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas and
Craniopharyngiomas 24. Medical Management of Pituitary Tumors 25.
Transsphenoidal Approach 26. Complications of Transsphenoidal
Microsurgery 27. Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery 28. Transcranial
Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenomas 29. Surgical Management of
Endocrinologically Silent Pituitary Tumors 30. Surgical Management of
Growth Hormone-Secreting and Prolactine-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas
31. Repair of the Sella Turcica After Transsphenoidal Surgery 32.
Management of Cushing's Disease 33. Craniopharyngiomas: A Summary of
Data 34. Surgical Management of Craniopharyngiomas
Section VI. Intracranial and Intraspinal Cysts
35. Surgical Management of Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke's Cleft
Cysts 36. Intraspinal Cerebrosypinal Fluid Cysts
Section VII. Management of Hydrocephalus in Adults
37. Current Systems in Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting and Management of
Pediatric Hydrocephalus 38. Surgical Management of Hydrocephalus in
Adults
Section VIII. New Technologies in Neurosurgery
39. Neuronavigation in Neuroendoscopic Surgery 40. Gamma Knife
Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations, Tumors, and Functional
Disorders 41. CT/MRI-Based Computer-Assisted Volumetric Stereotactic
Resection of Intracranial Lesions 42. Intraoperative Neurophysiology:
A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the
Nervous System 43. Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
Section IX. Brain Tumors
44. Frame-Based Stereotactic Biopsy 45. Surgical Management of
Cerebral Metastases 46. Management of Primary Central Nervous System
Lymphomas 47 .Current Surgical Management of High-Grade Gliomas 48.
Surgical Management of Low-Grade Gliomas 49. Surgical Management of
Lesions in Eloquent Areas of Brain 50. Surgical Management of
Recurrent Gliomas 51. Surgical Management of Convexity, Parasagittal,
and Falx Meningiomas 52. Neuroendoscopic Approach to Intraventricular
Tumors 53. Approaches to Lateral and Third Ventricular Tumors 54.
Transcallosal Approach to Tumors of the Third Ventricle 55. Pineal
Region Masses: Clinical Features and Management 56. Alternate
Surgical Approaches to Pineal Region Neoplasms 57. Supracerebellar
Approach for Pineal Region Neoplasms
Section X. Brain Stem Tumors
58. Surgical Management of Diencephalic and Brain Stem Tumors
Section XI. Posterior Fossa Tumors
59. Surgical Management of Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Cerebellar
Infarction 60. Surgical Management of Cerebellar Astrocytomas in
Adults 61. Surgical Management of Tumors of the Fourth Ventricle 62.
Radiosurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas 63. Suboccipital Transmeatal
Approach to Vestibular Schwannoma 64. Translabyrinthine Approaches to
Vestibular Schwannomas 65. Vestibular Nerve Section in the Management
of Intractable Vertigo 66. Surgical Management of Lesions of the
Clivus 67. Surgical Treatment of Neurofibromatosis 68. Posterior
Fossa Meningiomas 69. Petroclival Meningiomas 70. Surgical Management
of Glomus Jugulare Tumors 71. Surgical Management of Nonglomus Tumors
of the Jugular Foramen
Section XII. Extracranial Vascular Disease
72. Surgical Management of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease 73.
Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries 74.
Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage 75. Moya-Moya
Section XIII. Management of Intracranial Aneurysms
76. Management of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms 77. Surgical
Management of Paraclinoid Aneurysms 78. Surgical Management of
Posterior Communicating, Anterior Choroidal, and Carotid Bifurcation
Aneurysms 79. Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms 80.
Microsurgical Management of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms
81. Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Artery
82. Intraoperative Endovascular Techniques in the Management of
Intracranial Aneurysms 83. Surgical Management of Terminal Basilar
Artery and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms 84. Surgical
Management of Midbasilar and Lower Basilar Aneurysms 85. Surgical
Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior
Cerebellar Artery Complex 86. Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic
Intracranial Aneurysms 87. Surgical Management of Intracranial
Aneurysms Caused by Infection
Section XIV. Management of Intracranial Malformations
88. Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations 89.
Surgical Management of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Scalp 90.
Surgical Management of Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas 91.
Surgical Management of Cavernous Malformations of the Nervous System
92. AVM Thalamus and Brain Stem 93. Surgical Management of Spinal
Cord Tumors and Arteriovenous Malformations
Section XV. Surgical Management of Epilepsy
94. Diagnostic Techniques in Surgical Management of Epilepsy: Strip
Electrodes, Grids, and Depth Electrodes 95. Treatment of Intractable
Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagal Nerve 96. Temporal
Lobe Operations for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy 97. Multilobar Resections
in Epilepsy Surgery 98. Multiple Subpial Transection for Epilepsy 99.
Section of the Corpus Callosum for Epilepsy
Section XVI. Surgical Management of Movement Disorders and Pain
100. Surgical Treatment of the Dyskinesias 101. Deep Brain
Stimulation in the Management of Parkinson's Disease and Disabling
Tremor 102. Cerebral Lesions for Psychiatric Disorders and Pain 103.
Cingulotomy for Intractable Psychiatric Illness 104. Microvascular
Decompression Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm 105. Spasmodic
Torticollis, Dystonias 106. Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizolysis in
Trigeminal Neuralgia 107. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal
neuralgia 108. Precutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment
of Intractable Facial Pain 109. Neurovascular Decompression in
Surgical Disorders of Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, and X 110. Spinal
Cord Stimulation and Intraspinal Infusions for Pain 111. Open
Cordotomy and Medullary Tractotomy 112. Microsurgical DREZotomy
Section XVII. Surgical Management of Infections
113. Suppurative Intracranial Infections 114. Considerations of
Infections After Craniotomy 115. Neurosurgical Management of HIV-
Related Brain Lesions 116. Surgical Management of Tuberculous
Infections of the Nervous System 117. Surgical Management of Fungal
infections of the Nervous System 118. Neurosurgical Aspects of
Neurocysticercosis 119. Spinal Infections: Vertebral Osteomyelitis
and Spinal Epidural Abscess 120. Primary Reconstruction for Spinal
Infections
Section XVIII. Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Disorders
121. Craniovertebral Abnormalities and Their Neurosurgical Management
122. Treatment of Odontoid Fractures 123. Surgical Management of
Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord 124. Meningiomas of
the Foramen Magnum 125. Microsurgery of Syringomyelia and
Syringomyelic Cord Syndrome 126. Surgical Management of the
Rheumatoid Cervical Spine 127. Cervicothoracic Anklyosing Spondylitis
128. Ankylosing Spondylitis and Management of Spinal Complications
129. Disorders of the Spine Related to Plasma Cell Dyscrasias 130
Innovations in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery 131. Anterior
Approaches in Multisegmental Cervical Spondylosis 132. Surgical
Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy 133. Surgical
Management of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
134. Circumferential Spinal Fusion (Cervical) 135. Expansile
Laminoplasty 136. Surgical Techniques for Stabilization of the
Subaxial Cervical Spine (C3-C7) 137. Surgical Management of
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults 138. CyberKnife
Radiosurgery for Spinal Lesions 139. Surgical Approaches to the
Cervicothoracic Junction 140. Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Discectomy
141. Endoscopically Assisted Surgical Management of Thoracic and
Lumbar Fractures 142. Thoracic Disc Excision 143. Management Options
in Thoracolumbar Fractures 144. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty 145.
Technique of Complete Spondylectomy in the Thoracic and Lumbard Spine
146. Minimally Invasive Tech. Spinal Surgery 148. Far Lateral Lumbar
Disc Herniations: diagnosis and Surgical Management 149. Anterior
Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Mini Open Laparotomy Approach 150. L.
Surgical Management of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis and
Spondylolisthesis 151. Image-Guided Spine Surgery 152. Surgical
Management of Segmental Spinal Instability 153. Surgical Management
of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage After Spinal Surgery 154. Management
of Persistent Symptoms After Lumbar Disk Surgery 155. Spinal Cord
Stimulation for Chronic Pain 156. Management of Cauda Equina Tumors
157. Tethered Cord Syndrome in Adults 158. Sacral Resection and
Stabilization
Section XIX. Surgery of the Peripheral Nervous System
159. Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhydrosis 160. Superior
Sulcus Tumors 161. Surgical Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries in
Adults 162. Surgical Management of Spinal Nerve Root Injuries 163.
Surgical Management of Peripheral Nerve Tumors 164. Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome 165. Upper Extremity Entrapments 166. Entrapment
Neuropathies of the Lower Extremities 167. Preventive Safety Measures
in Surgery