Full Description
In this book the most recent technical and technological advancements in the treatment of intracranial tumours will be described, and a wide and updated review of the literature on neurosurgical pathologies with high clinical impact will be offered to the readers. Technical nuances and surgical pearls, as well as tricks suggested by the most renowned experts in the field will be explained and illustrated in the light of the most modern approach to oncological neurosurgical pathologies.
Each surgical technique will be contextualized in a multi-modal approach to the pathology, defining specific aims and goals of surgery, and a comparative analysis of surgical and clinical results deriving from the different approaches will be systematically discussed, analyzing the specific drawbacks and advantages in approaching the different pathologies, and emphasizing the preservation of patient's functioning and quality of life as well as the neurological status.
Through this book, the editors aim to provide an effective educational support to already trained and experienced neurosurgeons, who want to approach the multi-modal management of intracranial tumors according to the principles of Evidence Based Medicine, highlighting classes of evidence, by using schemes and therapeutic algorithms based on most updated data available in the literature.
Contents
Section 1 Pre- And Perioperative Management Of Patients With Central Nervous System Tumors.- Perioperative Care.- Image-Guided Neurosurgery.- Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring In Neurosurgery.- Section 2 Skull-Base Meningiomas.- Meningiomas.- Olfactory Groove And Planum Sphenoidale Meningiomas.- Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas.- Clinoidal Meningiomas.- Sphenoid Wing And En Plaque Meningiomas.- Cavernous Sinus And Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas.- Petrous And Clival Meningiomas.- Cranio-Cervical Junction Meningiomas.- Section 3 Falcine And Parasagittal Meningiomas.- Falcine And Parasagittal Meningiomas.- Section 4 Sellar Lesions.- Pituitary Adenomas.- Other Sellar And Parasellar Lesions.- Section 5 Clival Lesions.- Clival Chordomas.- Non-Chordomatous Clival Lesions.- Section 6 Cranial Nerves Schwannomas.- Intracranial Schwannomas.- Section 7 Glomic Tumors.- Glomus Jugulare Tumors.- Section 8 Orbital Tumors.- Orbital Cavernomas.- Other Orbital Lesions.- Section 9 Tumors Of The Third Ventricle.- Craniopharyngiomas.- Tumors Of The Third And Lateral Ventricles.- Section 10 Intra-Axial Tumors.- Hemispheric Intra-Axial Tumors.- Tumors Of The Thalamus And Basal Ganglia.- Brainstem Tumors.- Section 11 Tumors Of The Pineal Region.- Tumors Of The Pineal Region.- Section 12 Spinal Tumors.- Intradural Intramedullary Spinal Tumors.- Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumors.
