Controversies in neurosurgery, II / / [edited by] Ossama Al-Mefty

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815520203321
• Autore: Abolfotoh Mohamad
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thieme, 2013
• ISBN: 1-60406-233-9
• Edizione: [0 ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Al-MeftyOssama
• Disciplina: 617.48
• Soggetti: Medicine; Nervous system diseases -- Surgery -- Case reports; Nervous system neoplasms -- Surgery -- Case reports; Neurosurgical procedures -- Methods -- Case reports; Investigative Techniques; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Neoplasms; Methods; Neurosurgical Procedures; Surgery & Anesthesiology; Health & Biological Sciences; Surgery - General and By Type; Case Reports
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Preceded by: Controversies in neurosurgery / [edited by] Ossama Al-Mefty, T.C. Origitano, H. Louis Harkey. 1996.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Surgical removal of a tuberculum sellae meningioma : endoscopic vs. microscopic -- Management of a parasagittal meningioma involving the superior sagittal sinus -- Management of a petroclival meningioma -- Management of a small meningioma in a young patient -- Management of a vestibular schwannoma in a single hearing ear of a patient with ; neurofibromatosis type 2 -- Management of a trigeminal schwannoma : microsurgical removal vs. radiosurgery -- Surgical removal of a pituitary macroadenoma : endoscopic vs. microscopic -- Surgical approaches to a pituitary macroadenoma with cavernous sinus extensions : transcranial vs. transsphenoidal approach -- Total removal vs. subtotal removal with radiation of a craniopharyngioma -- Surgical approaches to a retrochiasmatic craniopharyngioma -- Glioma resection in eloquent areas -- Approaches to a colloid cyst : transcranial vs. endoscopic -- Management of an unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm : coiling -- Treatment of a giant ophthalmic aneurysm -- Treatment of a ruptured wide-neck basilar aneurysm -- Approaches to a basilar tip aneurysm -- Treatment of arteriovenous malformation in eloquent areas -- Management of symptomatic carotid stenosis -- Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia -- Treatment of intractable facial pain -- Deep brain stimulation with frame vs. frameless stereotactic -- The application of artificial discs -- Clinical trials : are they authoritative or flawed?.
• Sommario/riassunto: Controversies in Neurosurgery II reflects real-world situations where multiple treatment options are often considered for difficult neurosurgical cases. Each chapter begins with an opening case in which experts describe the pros and cons of different treatment methodologies and operative techniques, helping neurosurgeons select the best treatment plan for individual patients in their practice. It is informed with the expertise of more than 100 of the world's preeminent neurosurgeons.