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.
Key Features
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.
Author Information
By Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, FAANS, FACS, Professor, Chair of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Volume One
Ensuring Patient Safety in Surgery-First Do No Harm
Surgical Navigation with Intraoperative Imaging: Special Operating Room Concepts
Section One
Surgical Management of Brain and Skull Base Tumors
Intra-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 Metastases
Pituitary 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 Cysts
Intraventricular 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 Ventricle
Extra-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 Foramen
Cerebellopontine 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 Techniques
Lesions 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 Meningiomas
Section Two
Operative 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 Craniosynostosis
Section Three
Vascular Diseases
Open Treatment
Surgical Management of the Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease
Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries
Management of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Surgical Management of Cerebellar Stroke-Hemorrhage and Infarction
Surgical Treatment of Moyamoya Disease in Adults
Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Posterior Communicating, Anterior Choroidal, Carotid Bifurcation Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Anterior Communicating and Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Artery
Surgical Management of Terminal Basilar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Midbasilar and Lower Basilar Aneurysms
Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery CompleX
Far Lateral Approach and Transcondylar and?Supracondylar Extensions for Aneurysms of?the?Vertebrobasilar Junction
Surgical Management of Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
Surgical Management of Cavernous Malformations of?the Nervous System
Surgical Management of Infratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations
Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Endovascular Treatment
Endovascular Management of Intracranial Aneurysms1019
Endovascular Treatment of Stroke
Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Occlusive Disease
Endovascular Treatment of Extracranial Occlusive Disease
Embolization of Tumors: Brain, Head, Neck, and Spine
Endovascular Management of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
Endovascular Management of Spinal Vascular Malformations
Endovascular Treatment of Head and Neck Bleeding
Imaging Evaluation and Endovascular Treatment of?Vasospasm
Section Four
Hydrocephalus
Surgical Management of Hydrocephalus in?the?Adult
Adult Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
Management of Shunt Infections
Section Five
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Interstitial and LINAC-Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Spinal Neoplasms
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery in the Management of Craniopharyngiomas
Vestibular Schwannomas: The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Meningiomas
Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations
Radiation Therapy of Epilepsy
Gamma Surgery for Functional Disorders
Volume Two Section Six: Functional Neurosurgery
Surgical Management of Medically Intractable Epilepsy
Presurgical Evaluation for Epilepsy Including Intracranial Electrodes
Temporal Lobe Operations in Intractable Epilepsy
Surgical Management of Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy
Multilobar Resection and Hemispherectomy in Epilepsy Surgery
Corpus Callosotomy: Indications and?Techniques
Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve
Surgical Management of Psychiatric and Movement Disorders
Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders: Parkinson?s Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia
Cervical Dystonia and Spasmodic Torticollis: Indications and Techniques
Novel Targets in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
Molecular Therapies for Movement Disorders
Cingulotomy for Intractable Psychiatric Illness
Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Psychiatric Illness
Brain-Computer Interfacing Prospects and Technical Aspects
Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis
Surgery for Intractable Spasticity
Surgical Management of Intractable Pain
Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizolysis in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Percutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Facial Pain
Neurovascular Decompression in Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, and X
Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain
Mesencephalic Tractotomy and Anterolateral Cordotomy for Intractable Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intraspinal Infusions for Pain
Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions
Motor Cortex Stimulation for Intractable Facial Pain
Section Seven
Trauma
Perioperative Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults
Surgical Management of Severe Closed Head Injury in Adults
Management of Penetrating and Blast Injuries of the Nervous System
Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury
Management of Skull Base Trauma
Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adults
Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
Principles of Scalp Surgery and Surgical Management of Major Defects of Scalp
Surgical Management of Major Skull Defects and Potential Complications
Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms
Management of Penetrating Brain Injury
Section Eight
Surgical Management of Nervous System Infections
Management of Suppurative Intracranial Infections
Management of Infections After Craniotomy
Spinal Infections: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess
Neurosurgical Management of HIV-Related Focal Brain Lesions
Management of Neurocysticercosis
Management of Tuberculous Infections of the Nervous System
Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System
Management of Intracranial Aneurysms Caused by Infection
Section Nine: Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Disorders
Degenerative Spine Disorder
Cervical Spine
Treatment Evolution in Management of Cervical Disc Disease
Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Jho Procedure): Microscopic or Endoscopic
Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Microdiscectomy
Disc Replacement Technologies in the Cervical and Lumbar Spine
Anterior Approaches for Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis
Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Cervical Laminoplasty: Indications and?Techniques
Circumferential Cervical Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Spine
Surgical Techniques in the Management of Thoracic Disc Herniations
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Discectomy: Indications and Techniques
Ofertas