Neurosurgical Procedures
Personal Approaches to Classic Operations
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-0-683-09071-0 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Weight
904 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-09071-0 (9780683090710)
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Content
Transfrontal approach to orbital tumours; frontal approach to orbital and parasellar structures; transsphenoidal approach to the sella; suboccipital-subtemporal approach to petroclival tumours; removal of tumours in the third ventricle; subtentorial approach to pineal tumours; suboccipital approach to acoustic neuromas; removal of parasagittal meningiomas; saphenous vein bypass for aneurysms of the intercavernous portion of the internal carotid artery; excision of cerebral arteriovenous malformations; microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve; microvascular decompression of the facial nerve for haemifacial spasm; upper cervical central rhizotomy and selective section of spinal accessory rootlets for spasmodic torticollis; surgical treatment of chiari malformation and syringomyelia in adults; removal of posterior fossa and spinal haemangioblastomas; removal of spinal intramedullary gliomas; anterior cervical disectomy; transthoracic discectomy; lumbar discectomy; decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis.