Description
Schmidek and Sweet has been an indispensable reference for neurosurgery training and practice for nearly 50 years, and the 7th Edition of Operative Neurosurgical Techniques continues this tradition of excellence. A new editorial board led by editor-in-chief Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, along with more than 330 internationally acclaimed contributors, ensures that readers stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. New chapters, surgical videos, and quick-reference features throughout make this edition a must-have resource for expert procedural guidance for today's practitioners.- Discusses indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral nerve problems in adult patients.- Covers the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional management of cerebral aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations.- Includes new chapters on bypass techniques in vascular disease, previously coiled aneurysms, CSF diversion procedures, surgical management of posterior fossa cystic and membranous obstruction, laser-ablation techniques, and brain stem tumors.- Explores hot topics such as wide-awake surgery and ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculoatrial and ventriculo-pleural shunts.- Provides detailed visual guidance with more than 1,600 full-color illustrations and 50 procedural videos.- Contains quick-reference boxes with surgical pearls and complications.- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
Volume One- Ensuring Patient Safety in Surgery-First Do No Harm- Surgical Navigation with Intraoperative Imaging: Special Operating Room ConceptsSection OneSurgical Management of Brain and Skull Base TumorsIntra-Axial Brain Tumors- Functional Tractography, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Intraoperative Integration of Modalities, and Neuronavigation- Intraoperative Neurophysiology: A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the Nervous System- Gamma Knife Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations and Tumors- Cortical and Subcortical Brain Mapping- Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors- Current Surgical Management of High-Grade Gliomas- Surgical Management of Low-Grade Gliomas- Management of Recurrent Gliomas- Tumors in Eloquent Areas of Brain- Management of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas- Surgical Management of Brain Stem Tumors in Adults- Cerebellar Tumors in Adults- Surgical Management of Cerebral MetastasesPituitary and Parapituitary Tumors- Multimodal Assessment of Pituitary and Parasellar Lesions- Medical Management of Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Tumors- Growth Hormone-Secreting Tumors- Prolactinomas- Cushing?s Disease- Endocrinologically Silent Pituitary Tumors- Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery- Transcranial Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenomas- Craniopharyngiomas- Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Craniopharyngiomas- Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke?s Cleft CystsIntraventricular Tumors- Surgical Approaches to Lateral and Third Ventricular Tumors- Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic Principles- Endoscopic Approach to Intraventricular Brain Tumors- Management of Pineal Region Tumors- Management of Tumors of the Fourth VentricleExtra-Axial and Posterior Tumors- Surgical Management of Parasagittal and Convexity Meningiomas- Surgical Approach to Falcine Meningiomas- Surgical Management of Midline Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas- Supraorbital Approach Variants for Intracranial Tumors- Surgical Management of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas- Spheno-Orbital Meningioma- Tumors Involving the Cavernous Sinus- Surgery for Trigeminal Neurinomas- Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas- Surgical Management of Lesions of the Clivus- Surgical Management of Posterior Fossa Meningiomas- Surgical Management of Tumors of the Foramen Magnum- Surgical Management of Tumors of the Jugular ForamenCerebellopontine Angle Tumors- Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Surgical Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma)- Translabyrinthine Approach to Vestibular Schwannomas- Transtemporal Approaches to Posterior Cranial Fossa- Surgical Management of Neurofibromatosis Types 1 and 2- Hearing Prosthetics: Surgical TechniquesLesions at the Skull Base- Multimodal Treatment of Orbital Tumors- Surgical Approaches to the Orbit603- Anterior Midline Approaches to the Skull Base- Orbitozygomatic Infratemporal Approach to Parasellar MeningiomasSection TwoOperative Techniques in Pediatric Neurosurgery- Methods for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Pediatric Hydrocephalus: From Shunt to Scope- Posterior Fossa Tumors in the Pediatric Population: Multidisciplinary Management- Supratentorial Tumors in the Pediatric Population: Multidisciplinary Management- Mapping, Disconnection, and Resective Surgery in Pediatric Epilepsy- Surgical Decision-Making and Treatment Options for Chiari Malformations in Children- Fetal Surgery for Open Neural Tube Defects- Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism- Revascularization Techniques in Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disorders- Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury- Contemporary Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery for the Treatment of Spasticity in Childhood- Instrumentation and Stabilization of the Pediatric Spine: Technical Nuances and Age-Specific Considerations- Methods of Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostos
