1st Edition

Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery

Edited By Gene H. Barnett, Robert Maciunas, David Roberts Copyright 2006

    Richly illustrated to showcase the best practices, surgical methods, and procedures for difficult situations in neurosurgery, this reference demonstrates strategies to manage brain metastases, intracranial gliomas and meningiomas, pituitary region tumors, and intracranial vascular malformations; spinal operations; and surgeries of the skull base wi

    Basic Principles. Fundamentals of Registration. Surgical Navigation System Technologies. Target and Trajectory Guidance. Pitfalls. Technological Applications. Brain Biopsy and Related Procedures. CyberKnife Radiosurgery. Intraoperative MRI. Awake Craniotomy with Intraoperative Imaging. Endoscopy. Clinical Applications. Minimal access Craniotomy. Intracranial Gliomas. Intracranial Meningiomas. Transphenoidal Hypohysectomy. Vascular Malformations. Image-Guided Spinal Navigation. Epilepsy. Skull Base Neurosurgery

    Biography

    Barnett\, Gene H.; Maciunas\, Robert; Roberts\, David