
Controversies in Neurosurgery: 2025, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 36-1 - November 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Russell R. Lonser, Daniel K. Resnick
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 3 4 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 3 4 8 - 3
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Russell R. Lonser and Daniel K. Resnick bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Controversies in Neurosurgery: 2025. Top experts in the field cover key topics, including ALIF/OLIF/LLIF: Which one in which patients?; posterior and transforaminal interbody fusion: recent advances in technique and technology; sacral/pelvic fixation: new tools and techniques; TLICS 4 fractures: a breadth of options; and much more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including endoscopic spine surgery: a critical review; outpatient neurosurgery: ASCs and the medicolegal landscape; private equity and neurosurgical practice; artificial intelligence in neurosurgery; direct convective delivery for nervous system gene therapy; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on current controversies in neurosurgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Neurosurgery
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Versus Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Versus Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Which One in Which Patient?
Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Recent Advances in Technique and Technology
A Critical Review of Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Cases and Controversies in Spine Trauma
Sacral/Pelvic Fixation: New Tools and Techniques
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes
Outpatient Neurosurgery: ASCs and the Medicolegal Landscape
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma
Supramarginal Resection of Glioblastoma: A Review
Controversies in Artificial Intelligence in Neurosurgery
Direct Convective Delivery for Nervous System Gene Therapy
Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Recent Advances in Technique and Technology
A Critical Review of Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Cases and Controversies in Spine Trauma
Sacral/Pelvic Fixation: New Tools and Techniques
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes
Outpatient Neurosurgery: ASCs and the Medicolegal Landscape
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma
Supramarginal Resection of Glioblastoma: A Review
Controversies in Artificial Intelligence in Neurosurgery
Direct Convective Delivery for Nervous System Gene Therapy
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 36-1
- Published: November 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443343476
- eBook ISBN: 9780443343483
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Russell R. Lonser
Dr. Russell R. Lonser is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Ohio State University. His research interests include the development of drug delivery paradigms for pathologies of the central nervous system, as well as investigation of tumor pathogenesis and biology. His clinical and surgical interests focus on the treatment of brain, skull base, and spinal cord tumors. He is an author on over 300 scientific and clinical publications. He received the Young Investigator Award in 2001, the Mahaley Clinical Research Award from the Joint Section on Tumors in 2013. He was the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section on Tumors Bittner Lecturer, and was the Edward H. Oldfield Lecturer in 2018 for the American Academy of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Lonser is co-inventor on a patent for imaging delivery of therapeutic agents in the nervous system. He has served the Congress of Neurological Surgeons as President, a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee, Scientific Meeting Chair, Annual Meeting Chair, and Treasurer. He has been actively involved in the mentoring and training of over 40 neurosurgical fellows. He is on the editorial boards for Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, and World Neurosurgery. He is an Academic Editor for PLoS One and Science Reports, and is a consulting editor for Neurosurgery Clinics of North America.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USADR
Daniel K. Resnick
Affiliations and expertise
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin