“Overall, this is an excellent, practical guide for residents and practitioners who want to review complex topics in a short amount of time. With its streamlined overview of complex neurosurgical techniques, this is an excellent resource for neurosurgery residents, neurosurgical staff, and practitioners. ” – Celso Agner, MD, MS, MSc(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine), Excerpts from Doody’s review service, Rating – 4 Stars!

Contents

۱ Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy
۲ Occipital Craniotomy
۳ Temporal and Frontotemporal Craniotomy
۴ Subtemporal (Intradural and Extradural) Craniotomy
۵ Suboccipital Craniotomy
۶ Extended Retrosigmoid Craniotomy
۷ Presigmoid Approaches to Posterior Fossa: Translabyrinthine and Transcochlear
۸ Transcallosal Approach
۹ Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions
۱۰ Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach
۱۱ Occipital Transtentorial Approach
۱۲ Trauma Flap: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy
۱۳ Parasagittal Approach
۱۴ Supraorbital (Keyhole) Craniotomy with Optional Orbital Osteotomy
۱۵ Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Orbitozygomatic Osteotomy
۱۶ Subfrontal and Bifrontal Craniotomies with or without Orbital Osteotomy
۱۷ Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach
۱۸ Temporopolar (Half-and-Half) Approach to the Basilar Artery and the Retrosellar Space
۱۹ Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal or Petrous Apex
۲۰ Retrolabyrinthine Approach
۲۱ Pterional Craniotomy for Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping
۲۲ Pterional Craniotomy for Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping
۲۳ Paraclinoid Carotid Artery Aneurysms
۲۴ Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Pterional (Frontotemporal) Craniotomy for Clipping
۲۵ Paramedian Craniotomy and Unilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Clipping of Distal

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۸۰ Minimally Invasive C1-2 Fusion
۸۱ Lumbar Microdiskectomy
۸۲ Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy
۸۳ Thoracoscopic Diskectomy
۸۴ Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement
۸۵ TranS1 Sacral
۸۶ Minimally Invasive Direct Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion
۸۷ Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations
۸۸ Surgical Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
۸۹ Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation
۹۰ Spinal Cord Stimulator
۹۱ Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
۹۲ Primary Myelomeningocele Closure
۹۳ Tethered Cord Release
۹۴ Exploration for Injury to an Infant’s Brachial Plexus
۹۵ Ulnar Nerve Release
۹۶ Open Carpal Tunnel Release
۹۷ Intradural Nerve Sheath Tumors
۹۸ Intradural Tumor-Meningioma
۹۹ Intramedullary Glioma