Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery
Imprint: Springer
2012
1st ed. 2012.
EISBN 1280802057
Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Advances; A new concept of diffuse (low-grade) glioma surgery; Abstract; Introduction; Technical and conceptual limitations of functional and oncological neuroimaging; Individual intrasurgical cortical mapping; Subpial dissection with vasculature preservation; Subcortical mapping with preservation of the neural connectivity; Motor pathways; Somatosensory tracts; Optic radiations; Language pathways; Pathways underlying spatial cognition; Functional and oncological results; Conclusions and perspectives; References
Spinal cord injury and its treatment: current management and experimental perspectivesAbstract; Introduction; Incidence and prevalence; Individual and socio-economical impact; Neurobiology of SCI; Spinal cord syndromes; The spinal cord lesion; Evolution of the lesion after the initial trauma; Human spinal cord injury; Axonal regeneration; The sub-lesional segment; Influence of spinal cord white matter on neurological recovery; Fundamental therapeutic approaches; Neuroprotection; Repair of the lesion site; Recruiting preserved tissue; The locomotor system; Spinal cord plasticity
Current clinical treatmentAcute management; Surgery; Chronic care; Clinical trials; Neuroprotective strategies; Pharmacological interventions; Systemic hypothermia; Decompression strategies; Restorative therapies; Overcoming growth inhibition: ''peripheralisation'' of the CNS; Providing CNS components with regenerative potential; Rehabilitation; Conclusion; References; Percutaneous biopsy through the foramen ovale for parasellar lesions: surgical anatomy, method, and indications; Abstract; Introduction; Surgical anatomy; Method; Selection of patients and preoperative evaluation
Operative procedureSurgical technique; Tissue harvesting; Pathological examination; How to avoid complications; Limitations of the method; Indications; Conclusions; References; Percutaneous pedicle screw implantation for refractory low back pain: from manual 2D to fully robotic intraoperative 2D=3D fluoroscopy; Abstract; Abbreviations; Pedicle screws for better fusion rate; From open to percutaneously placed pedicle screws (PPS); Large open posterior approach; Less aggressive posterior approaches; Percutaneous: three main problems; Need for better intraoperative control; CT outside the OR
Intraoperative 2D=3D fluoroscopic systemsDoes i2D=3DF mean fewer complications?; Our experience with the Artis Zeego; Our population; 2D=3D Artis Zeego; Our surgical process; Pedicle breach quantification; Preoperative virtual surgery for the difficult cases; Our results: fewer complications; Other experiences; Regarding PPS breach rates; All complications using PPS; Few exceptional good results: analysis method related?; Potential problem: higher radiation doses; And robotic PPS insertion?; Conclusions; References; Technical standards; The choroidal fissure: anatomy and surgical implications
Abstract
Advances: H. Duffau: Subpial dissection and subcortical mapping with vasculature and white matter pathways preservation in surgery for brain (low grade) gliomas. - F. Scholtes, G. Brook, D. Martin: Spinal cord injury and its treatment: current management and experimental perspectives. - M. Sindou, M. Messerer, J. Alvernia, G. Saint-Pierre: Percutaneous Biopsy through the Foramen Ovale for Parasellar lesions: Surgical anatomy, Method and Indications. - Technical Standards: C. Raftopoulos, F. Waterkeyn, E. Fomekong, T. Duprez: Percutaneous pedicle screw implantation with robotic intraoperative 2D/3D fluoroscopy for refractory low back pain. – I. Zemmoura, S. Velut, P. Francois:The choroidal fissure: anatomy and surgical implications. – I. Timofeev, T. Santarius, A.G. Kolias, P.J.A. Hutchinson: Decompressive craniectomy – operative technique and perioperative care. - S Fauser, J Zentner: Management of complex cortical dysplasia in epilepsy.
Spinal cord injury and its treatment: current management and experimental perspectivesAbstract; Introduction; Incidence and prevalence; Individual and socio-economical impact; Neurobiology of SCI; Spinal cord syndromes; The spinal cord lesion; Evolution of the lesion after the initial trauma; Human spinal cord injury; Axonal regeneration; The sub-lesional segment; Influence of spinal cord white matter on neurological recovery; Fundamental therapeutic approaches; Neuroprotection; Repair of the lesion site; Recruiting preserved tissue; The locomotor system; Spinal cord plasticity
Current clinical treatmentAcute management; Surgery; Chronic care; Clinical trials; Neuroprotective strategies; Pharmacological interventions; Systemic hypothermia; Decompression strategies; Restorative therapies; Overcoming growth inhibition: ''peripheralisation'' of the CNS; Providing CNS components with regenerative potential; Rehabilitation; Conclusion; References; Percutaneous biopsy through the foramen ovale for parasellar lesions: surgical anatomy, method, and indications; Abstract; Introduction; Surgical anatomy; Method; Selection of patients and preoperative evaluation
Operative procedureSurgical technique; Tissue harvesting; Pathological examination; How to avoid complications; Limitations of the method; Indications; Conclusions; References; Percutaneous pedicle screw implantation for refractory low back pain: from manual 2D to fully robotic intraoperative 2D=3D fluoroscopy; Abstract; Abbreviations; Pedicle screws for better fusion rate; From open to percutaneously placed pedicle screws (PPS); Large open posterior approach; Less aggressive posterior approaches; Percutaneous: three main problems; Need for better intraoperative control; CT outside the OR
Intraoperative 2D=3D fluoroscopic systemsDoes i2D=3DF mean fewer complications?; Our experience with the Artis Zeego; Our population; 2D=3D Artis Zeego; Our surgical process; Pedicle breach quantification; Preoperative virtual surgery for the difficult cases; Our results: fewer complications; Other experiences; Regarding PPS breach rates; All complications using PPS; Few exceptional good results: analysis method related?; Potential problem: higher radiation doses; And robotic PPS insertion?; Conclusions; References; Technical standards; The choroidal fissure: anatomy and surgical implications
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Advances: H. Duffau: Subpial dissection and subcortical mapping with vasculature and white matter pathways preservation in surgery for brain (low grade) gliomas. - F. Scholtes, G. Brook, D. Martin: Spinal cord injury and its treatment: current management and experimental perspectives. - M. Sindou, M. Messerer, J. Alvernia, G. Saint-Pierre: Percutaneous Biopsy through the Foramen Ovale for Parasellar lesions: Surgical anatomy, Method and Indications. - Technical Standards: C. Raftopoulos, F. Waterkeyn, E. Fomekong, T. Duprez: Percutaneous pedicle screw implantation with robotic intraoperative 2D/3D fluoroscopy for refractory low back pain. – I. Zemmoura, S. Velut, P. Francois:The choroidal fissure: anatomy and surgical implications. – I. Timofeev, T. Santarius, A.G. Kolias, P.J.A. Hutchinson: Decompressive craniectomy – operative technique and perioperative care. - S Fauser, J Zentner: Management of complex cortical dysplasia in epilepsy.
