Current Techniques in Canine and Feline Neurosurgery

Contributors
ACVS Foreword
ACVIM Foreword
About the Companion Website
Section IDiagnostics and Planning
1 Neurosurgical Instrumentation
Michelle Oblak and Brigitte A. Brisson
2 Orthopedic Implants in Neurosurgery
Noel M.M. Moens
3 Minimum Database for Intracranial Surgery
Theresa E. Pancotto
4 Advanced Imaging: Intracranial Surgery
Simon Platt and J. Fraser McConnell
5 Cisternal Cerebrospinal Fluid Taps
Nora Ortinau
6 Minimum Database: Spinal Surgery
Luis Gaitero and Brigitte A. Brisson
7 Advanced Imaging: Spinal Surgery
Stephanie Nykamp
8 Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Taps
Luis Gaitero
9 Muscle and Nerve Biopsy
Michaela Beasley
Section IIIntracranial Procedures
10 Transfrontal Craniotomy
Ane Uriarte and Rodolfo Cappello
11 Lateral (Rostrotentorial) Craniotomy/Craniectomy
Andy Shores
12 Suboccipital Craniectomy/Foramen Magnum Decompression
Erin Y. Akin and Andy Shores
13 Surgical Treatment of Skull Tumors
Michelle Oblak and Andy Shores
14 Shunt Placement and Marsupialization in Treatment of Hydrocephalus and Quadrigeminal Diverticula
William Thomas and Jill Narak
Section IIISpinal Procedures
15 Atlantoaxial Subluxation
Fred Winneger
16 Dorsal Cervical Decompression (Laminectomy/Hemilaminectomy and Laminotomy)
James M. Fingeroth
17 Ventral Slot
Ronaldo C. da Costa
18 Lateral Cervical Approach
Amy Fauber and Robert Bergman
19 Cervical Distraction and Stabilization
Bianca Hettlich
20 Thoracolumbar Hemilaminectomy
Andy Shores
21 Intervertebral Disc Fenestration
Brigitte A. Brisson
22 Thoracolumbar Lateral Corpectomy
Pierre Moissonnier
23 Pediculectomy/Mini-Hemilaminectomy
Brigitte A. Brisson
24 Dorsal Laminectomy in the Thoracolumbar Region
Cory Fisher and Andy Shores
25 Vertebral Fracture and Luxation Repair
Bianca Hettlich
26 Lumbosacral Decompression and Foraminotomy
Trevor Bebchuck
27 Surgical Management of Spinal Neoplasia
Mark S. Levy
Section IVPostoperative Care and Rehabilitation
28 Guidelines for Postoperative Medical Care of the Neurosurgical Patient
Debbie Reynolds and Brigitte A. Brisson
29 Physical Rehabilitation of the Neurosurgical Patient
María Pérez Hernández and Ruby Lynn Carter
Index