This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 5.1 . Key Concepts Precision medicine in cancer has led to significant advances in cancer research. As we look to the future, improving technologies for…
Acknowledgments We would like to express our gratitude to the body donors and their families, who, through their altruism, contributed to making this chapter possible. We thank BodyParts3D© The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution-Share Alike 2.1…
Acknowledgments The authors thank the staff of Neuroscience Publications at Barrow Neurological Institute for assistance with manuscript and video preparation. This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 3.1 . Key Concepts Neurosurgical…
Key Concepts The CNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is composed of the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum. The cerebrum consists of two cerebral hemispheres. Each hemisphere presents a central core that is composed of basal ganglia…
Historical Overview of NeurosurgeryJames Tait Goodrich † and Eugene S. Flamm This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the author: Video 1.1. This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the…
Preoperative Considerations Meningiomas accounts for 77% of all non-cancerous intradural, extramedullary tumors of the craniocervical junction. The foramen magnum (FM) region is a complex surgical area. Tumors may develop intradurally or extradurally and may represent a surgical challenge. Several classification…
Preoperative Considerations Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) or acoustic neuromas arise from the Schwann cells forming the sheath (covering) of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Most of these tumors arise from the superior division of the vestibular nerve (located in the internal auditory canal),…
The orbit is an area that neurosurgeons may approach for orbital tumors with an intracranial component or as a corridor to access the anterior cranial fossa. Approaches to the orbit can be transorbital (within or through the orbit), endonasal, transcranial…
In this chapter we will introduce the anatomy and some key steps for the three most relevant approaches to the temporal bone for the neurosurgeon: the subtemporal or middle fossa approach, the translabyrinthine and the transcochlear approach. Middle Fossa or…
Preoperative Considerations Pituitary adenomas are benign epithelial neoplasms derived from the pituitary glands. In the absence of a macroscopic capsule, those lesions can infiltrate adjacent structures such as the cavernous and sphenoid sinuses, dura and brain parenchyma. These tumors are…