Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery

Positioning for Spine Surgery

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 25.1 . Key Concepts Prone positioning is likely the most common position in spine surgery, but it is associated with distinct physiologic changes (especially cardiopulmonary)…

Positioning for Cranial Surgery

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 24.1 . Key Concepts Optimal positioning provides the most direct safe trajectory to the surgical target; affords safety to the patient; eliminates the need for…

Incisions and Closures

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 23.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 23.1 . Key Concepts An understanding of basic…

Avoidance of Complications in Neurosurgery

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 22.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 22.1. In all neurosurgical procedures, avoidance of complications…

Surgical Planning

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 21.1 . Key Concepts The preoperative evaluation must be done in a thorough manner to determine which patients necessitate surgical intervention as well as which…

Peripheral Venous Disease in the Neurosurgery Patient

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 20.1 . Key Concepts Accurate diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) are dependent on a high clinical pretest probability (CPTP) to avoid unnecessary high-risk…

Coagulation for the Neurosurgeon

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 18.1 . Key Concepts Hemostasis and thrombosis are critical physiologic mechanisms that neurosurgeons must understand to avoid hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications of surgery and to…

Neurourology

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 17.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 17.1 . Key Concepts Central nervous system disorders…

Neurotology

This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the author: Video 16.1. Key Concepts In the otorhinolaryngologic subspecialty of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery, the focus is on the anatomy, physiology, and abnormalities of…