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Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery

  • 2nd Edition - July 31, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Rahul Jandial
  • Language: English

Get step-by-step, expert guidance on fundamental procedures in neurosurgery – both in print and on video. Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery, 2nd Edition, provides… Read more

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Get step-by-step, expert guidance on fundamental procedures in neurosurgery – both in print and on video. Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery, 2nd Edition, provides the tools needed to hone existing surgical skills and learn new techniques, helping you minimize risk and achieve optimal outcomes for every procedure. Led by Dr. Rahul Jandial, this concise reference offers quick access to the expertise and experience of the world’s leading authorities in the field of neurosurgery.

Key features

  • Presents consistent, easy-to-follow chapters that cover the indications and contraindications, pitfalls, tips and tricks from the experts, and more for each procedure
  • Covers minimally invasive spine techniques such as Thoracic Corpectomy and Minimally Invasive Direct Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion
  • Includes new chapters on Microvascular Decompression and Brachial Plexus Injury Nerve Grafting and Transfers
  • Features procedural videos that summarize the key steps in neurosurgery
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Readership

Trainee neurosurgeons from PGY1-PGY7 (1200-1500 in the US at any time), may also be of interest to neurosurgeons 1-3 years out of residency for Oral Board revision, and practising neurosurgeons for MOC revision and reminding themselves of key steps ahead

Table of contents

1. Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy

2. Supratentorial Occipital Craniotomy

3. Temporal and Frontotemporal Craniotomy

4. Subtemporal (Intradural and Extradural)Craniotomy

5. Suboccipital Craniotomy

6. Extended Retrosigmoid Craniotomy

7. Presigmoid Approaches to Posterior Fossa: Translabyrinthine and Transcochlear

8. Transcallosal Approach

9. Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions

10. Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach

11. Occipital Transtentorial Approach

12. Trauma Flap: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy

13. Parasagittal Approach

14. Supraorbital (Keyhole) Craniotomy With Optional Orbital Osteotomy

15. Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Orbitozygomatic Osteotomy

16. Subfrontal and Bifrontal Craniotomies with or without Orbital Osteotomy

17. Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach

18. Temporopolar (Half-and-Half) Approach to the Basilar Artery and the Retrosellar Space

19. Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal or Petrous Apex

20. Retrolabyrinthine Approach

21. Pterional Craniotomy for Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping

22. Pterional Craniotomy for Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping

23. Paraclinoid Carotid Artery Aneurysms

24. Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Pterional (Frontotemporal) Craniotomy for Clipping

25. Paramedian Craniotomy and Unilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Clipping of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm

26. Vertebral Artery Aneurysms: Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach for Clipping

27. Basilar Artery Aneurysm: Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy for Clipping

28. Craniotomy for Resection of Intracranial Cortical Arteriovenous Malformation

29. Subcortical Arteriovenous Malformations: Corpus Callosum, Lateral Ventricle, Thalamus, and Basal Ganglia

30. Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Disconnection

31. Cavernous Malformations

32. Superficial Temporal Artery–Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass

33. Extracranial-Intracranial High-Flow Bypass

34. Open Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma

35. Image-Guided Catheter Evacuation and Thrombolysis for Intracerebral Hematoma

36. Anteromedial Temporal Lobe Resection

37. Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy

38. Seizure Focus Monitor Placement

39. Awake Craniotomy

40. Corpus Callosotomy (Anterior and Complete)

41. Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy

42. Deep Brain Stimulation

43. Motor Cortex Stimulator Placement

44. Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulator Placement

45. Retrosigmoid Craniotomy for Microvascular Decompression

46. Cranioplasty (Autogenous, Cadaveric, and Alloplastic)

47. Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach

48. Endoscopic Colloid Cyst Removal

49. Encephalocele Repair

50. Craniosynostosis Frontoorbital Advancement and Cranial Vault Reshaping (Open and Endoscopic)

51. Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration

52. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

53. Insertion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

54. Anterior C1-2 Fixation

55. Transarticular Screws for C1-2 Fixation

56. C1-2 Posterior Cervical Fusion

57. Occipitocervical Fusion

58. Transoral Odontoidectomy

59. Odontoid Screw Fixation

60. Anterior Cervical Diskectomy

61. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion

62. Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty

63. Lateral Mass Fixation

64. Posterior Cervicothoracic Osteotomy

65. Thoracic Diskectomy—Transthoracic Approach

66. Thoracic Corpectomy—Anterior Approach

67. Costotransversectomy

68. Thoracic Transpedicular Corpectomy

69. Smith-Petersen Osteotomy

70. Thoracic Pedicle Screws

71. Lumbar Laminectomy

72. Lumbar Microdiskectomy

73. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

74. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

75. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

76. Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy

77. Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy

78. Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty

79. Pelvic Fixation

80. Partial Sacrectomy

81. Minimally Invasive C1-2 Fusion

82. Lumbar Microdiskectomy

83. Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy

84. Thoracoscopic Diskectomy

85. Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement

86. Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

87. Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations

88. Surgical Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

89. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation

90. Spinal Cord Stimulator

91. Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy

92. Primary Myelomeningocele Closure

93. Tethered Cord Release

94. Exploration for Injury to an Infant’s Brachial Plexus

95. Ulnar Nerve Release

96. Open Carpal Tunnel Release

97. Brachial Plexus Injury Nerve Grafting and Transfers

98. Intradural Nerve Sheath Tumors

99. Intradural Tumor—Meningioma

100. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor

Review quotes

Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"This book is high quality and high yield, particularly for medical students on their neurosurgery rotations and both junior and senior neurosurgery residents as they not only prepare for cases but continue to master and fine tune their techniques." --Nauman Chaudhry, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Doody's Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 18, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

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Rahul Jandial

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, City of Hope Cancer Center, Los Angles, California, USA

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