Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques 2 Volume

Schmidek and Sweet has been an indispensable reference for neurosurgery training and practice for nearly 50 years, and the 7th Edition of Operative Neurosurgical Techniques continues this tradition of excellence. A new editorial board led by editor-in-chief Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, along with more than 330 internationally acclaimed contributors, ensures that readers stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. New chapters, surgical videos, and quick-reference features throughout make this edition a must-have resource for expert procedural guidance for today’s practitioners.

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Table of Contents

Volume One

Section One

Surgical Management of Brain and Skull Base Tumors

Intra-Axial Brain Tumors

Pituitary and Parapituitary Tumors

Intraventricular Tumors

Extra-Axial and Posterior Tumors

Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors

Lesions at the Skull Base

Section Two

Operative Techniques in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Section Three

Vascular Diseases

Open Treatment

Endovascular Treatment

Section Four

Hydrocephalus

Section Five

Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Volume Two
Section Six: Functional Neurosurgery

Surgical Management of Medically Intractable Epilepsy

Surgical Management of Psychiatric and Movement Disorders

Surgical Management of Intractable Pain

Section Seven

Trauma

Section Eight

Surgical Management of Nervous System Infections

Section Nine: Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Disorders

Degenerative Spine Disorder

Cervical Spine

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Spine Trauma

Congenital and Developmental Spinal Abnormalities

Spinal Deformity

Spine Tumors

Specific Complications of Spine Surgery

Section Ten: Surgical Management of the Peripheral Nervous System

1. Ensuring Patient Safety in Surgery-First Do No Harm
2. Surgical Navigation with Intraoperative Imaging: Special Operating Room Concepts
3. Functional Tractography, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Intraoperative Integration of Modalities, and Neuronavigation
4. Intraoperative Neurophysiology: A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the Nervous System
5. Gamma Knife Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations and Tumors
6. Cortical and Subcortical Brain Mapping
7. Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors
8. Current Surgical Management of High-Grade Gliomas
9. Surgical Management of Low-Grade Gliomas
10. Management of Recurrent Gliomas
11. Tumors in Eloquent Areas of Brain
12. Management of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas
13. Surgical Management of Brain Stem Tumors in Adults
14. Cerebellar Tumors in Adults
15. Surgical Management of Cerebral Metastases
16. Multimodal Assessment of Pituitary and Parasellar Lesions
17. Medical Management of Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
18. Growth Hormone-Secreting Tumors
19. Prolactinomas
20. Cushing?s Disease
21. Endocrinologically Silent Pituitary Tumors
22. Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery
23. Transcranial Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenomas
24. Craniopharyngiomas
25. Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Craniopharyngiomas
26. Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke?s Cleft Cysts
27. Surgical Approaches to Lateral and Third Ventricular Tumors
28. Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic Principles
29. Endoscopic Approach to Intraventricular Brain Tumors
30. Management of Pineal Region Tumors
31. Management of Tumors of the Fourth Ventricle
32. Surgical Management of Parasagittal and Convexity Meningiomas
33. Surgical Approach to Falcine Meningiomas
34. Surgical Management of Midline Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas
35. Supraorbital Approach Variants for Intracranial Tumors
36. Surgical Management of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
37. Spheno-Orbital Meningioma
38. Tumors Involving the Cavernous Sinus
39. Surgery for Trigeminal Neurinomas
40. Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas
41. Surgical Management of Lesions of the Clivus
42. Surgical Management of Posterior Fossa Meningiomas
43. Surgical Management of Tumors of the Foramen Magnum
44. Surgical Management of Tumors of the Jugular Foramen
45. Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Surgical Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma)
46. Translabyrinthine Approach to Vestibular Schwannomas
47. Transtemporal Approaches to Posterior Cranial Fossa
48. Surgical Management of Neurofibromatosis Types 1 and 2
49. Hearing Prosthetics: Surgical Techniques
50. Multimodal Treatment of Orbital Tumors
51. Surgical Approaches to the Orbit603
52. Anterior Midline Approaches to the Skull Base
53. Orbitozygomatic Infratemporal Approach to Parasellar Meningiomas
54. Methods for Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Pediatric Hydrocephalus: From Shunt to Scope
55. Posterior Fossa Tumors in the Pediatric Population: Multidisciplinary Management
56. Supratentorial Tumors in the Pediatric Population: Multidisciplinary Management
57. Mapping, Disconnection, and Resective Surgery in Pediatric Epilepsy
58. Surgical Decision-Making and Treatment Options for Chiari Malformations in Children
59. Fetal Surgery for Open Neural Tube Defects
60. Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism
61. Revascularization Techniques in Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disorders
62. Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
63. Contemporary Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery for the Treatment of Spasticity in Childhood
64. Instrumentation and Stabilization of the Pediatric Spine: Technical Nuances and Age-Specific Considerations
65. Methods of Cranial Vault Reconstruction for Craniosynostosis
66. Surgical Management of the Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease
67. Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries
68. Management of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
69. Surgical Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage
70. Surgical Management of Cerebellar Stroke-Hemorrhage and Infarction
71. Surgical Treatment of Moyamoya Disease in Adults
72. Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Aneurysms
73. Surgical Management of Posterior Communicating, Anterior Choroidal, Carotid Bifurcation Aneurysms
74. Surgical Management of Anterior Communicating and Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
75. Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Middle Cerebral Artery
76. Surgical Management of Terminal Basilar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms
77. Surgical Management of Midbasilar and Lower Basilar Aneurysms
78. Surgical Management of Aneurysms of the Vertebral and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery CompleX
79. Far Lateral Approach and Transcondylar and Supracondylar Extensions for Aneurysms of the Vertebrobasilar Junction
80. Surgical Management of Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
81. Surgical Management of Cavernous Malformations of the Nervous System
82. Surgical Management of Infratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations
83. Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
84. Endovascular Management of Intracranial Aneurysms1019
85. Endovascular Treatment of Stroke
86. Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
87. Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Occlusive Disease
88. Endovascular Treatment of Extracranial Occlusive Disease
89. Embolization of Tumors: Brain, Head, Neck, and Spine
90. Endovascular Management of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
91. Endovascular Management of Spinal Vascular Malformations
92. Endovascular Treatment of Head and Neck Bleeding
93. Imaging Evaluation and Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm
94. Surgical Management of Hydrocephalus in the Adult
95. Adult Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome
96. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
97. Management of Shunt Infections
98. Interstitial and LINAC-Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases
99. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
100. CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Spinal Neoplasms
101. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas
102. Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery in the Management of Craniopharyngiomas
103. Vestibular Schwannomas: The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
104. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Meningiomas
105. Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations
106. Radiation Therapy of Epilepsy
107. Gamma Surgery for Functional Disorders
108. Presurgical Evaluation for Epilepsy Including Intracranial Electrodes
109. Temporal Lobe Operations in Intractable Epilepsy
110. Surgical Management of Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy
111. Multilobar Resection and Hemispherectomy in Epilepsy Surgery
112. Corpus Callosotomy: Indications and Techniques
113. Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy by Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve
114. Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders: Parkinson?s Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia
115. Cervical Dystonia and Spasmodic Torticollis: Indications and Techniques
116. Novel Targets in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
117. Molecular Therapies for Movement Disorders
118. Cingulotomy for Intractable Psychiatric Illness
119. Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Psychiatric Illness
120. Brain-Computer Interfacing Prospects and Technical Aspects
121. Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis
122. Surgery for Intractable Spasticity
123. Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizolysis in Trigeminal Neuralgia
124. Percutaneous Stereotactic Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Facial Pain
125. Neurovascular Decompression in Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, and X
126. Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain
127. Mesencephalic Tractotomy and Anterolateral Cordotomy for Intractable Pain
128. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain
129. Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intraspinal Infusions for Pain
130. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions
131. Motor Cortex Stimulation for Intractable Facial Pain
132. Perioperative Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults
133. Surgical Management of Severe Closed Head Injury in Adults
134. Management of Penetrating and Blast Injuries of the Nervous System
135. Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury
136. Management of Skull Base Trauma
137. Surgical Management of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Adults
138. Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
139. Principles of Scalp Surgery and Surgical Management of Major Defects of Scalp
140. Surgical Management of Major Skull Defects and Potential Complications
141. Management of Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms
142. Management of Penetrating Brain Injury
143. Management of Suppurative Intracranial Infections
144. Management of Infections After Craniotomy
145. Spinal Infections: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess
146. Neurosurgical Management of HIV-Related Focal Brain Lesions
147. Management of Neurocysticercosis
148. Management of Tuberculous Infections of the Nervous System
149. Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System
150. Management of Intracranial Aneurysms Caused by Infection
151. Treatment Evolution in Management of Cervical Disc Disease
152. Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Jho Procedure): Microscopic or Endoscopic
153. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Microdiscectomy
154. Disc Replacement Technologies in the Cervical and Lumbar Spine
155. Anterior Approaches for Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis
156. Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
157. Cervical Laminoplasty: Indications and Techniques
158. Circumferential Cervical Spinal Fusion
159. Surgical Techniques in the Management of Thoracic Disc Herniations
160. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Discectomy: Indications and Techniques
161. Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Indications and Techniques
162. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Indications and Techniques
163. Management of Far Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniations
164. Lumbar Spinal Arthroplasty: Clinical Experiences of Motion Preservation
165. Management of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis
166. Posterior Lumbar Fusion by Open Technique: Indications and Techniques
167. Percutaneous Placement of Lumbar Pedicle Screws: Indications and Techniques
168. Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine: Indications and Techniques
169. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
170. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques
171. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques
172. Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques
173. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Indications and Techniques
174. Management of Injuries of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord
175. Transoral Approaches to the Cervical Spine
176. Atlantoaxial Instability and Stabilization
177. Stabilization of the Subaxial Cervical Spine (C3-C7)
178. Thoracolumbar Anterolateral and Posterior Stabilization
179. Management of Sacral Fractures
180. Management of Penetrating Injuries to the Spine
181. Craniovertebral Abnormalities and Their Neurosurgical Management
182. Management of Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia
183. Management of Occult Spinal Dysraphism in Adults
184. Neurologic Problems of the Spine in Achondroplasia
185. Management of Degenerative Scoliosis
186. Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adults
187. Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
188. Management of Spinal Cord Tumors and Arteriovenous Malformations
189. Management of Cauda Equina Tumors
190. Management of Primary Malignant Tumors of the Osseous Spine
191. Surgical Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction
192. Surgery for Metastatic Spine Disease
193. Surgical Resection of Sacral Tumors
194. Surgical Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Spinal Surgery
195. Peripheral Nerve Injury
196. Imaging for Peripheral Nerve Disorders
197. Management of Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries
198. Nerve Transfers: Indications and Techniques
199. Management of Median Nerve Compression
200. Management of Ulnar Nerve Compression
201. Management of Entrapment Neuropathies
202. Management of Nerve Sheath Tumors Involving the Spine
203. Peripheral Nerve Tumors of the Extremities
204. Management of Cranial Nerve Injuries
205. Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
206. Nerve-Grafting Procedures for Birth-Related Peripheral Nerve Injuries