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Main description:
This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of surgical approaches to lesions of the posterior fossa. It will serve as a resource for neurosurgeons and otologists who treat patients with tumors and vascular diseases of the posterior fossa. It provides a concise review of surgical strategies that address the most important pathologies affecting the posterior fossa. It is richly illustrated with photographs and illustrations of the surgical strategies covered. All chapters are written by experts with world-wide recognition for their contributions in their respective subspecialty.
Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa will be of great utility to Neurosurgeons, Otolaryngologists, and Radiation Therapists with an interest in diseases that affect the posterior fossa, as well as Senior Residents in Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, and Fellows of Skull Base Surgery and Otology.
Contents:
Table of Contents
Skull Base Surgery of the Posterior Fossa
Edited by William T. Couldwell
I. Introduction
Chapter One
Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa
Jaafar Basma, M.D. and Jeffrey Sorenson, M.D.
II. Approaches
Chapter Two
Retrosigmoid Craniotomy and its Variants
Christian Bowers M.D.; Olaide O. Ajayi M.D.;Kevin A. Reinard M.D.;Daniel R. Klinger M.D.; Johnny B. Delashaw M.D.;Shane Tubbs Ph.D. PA-C, and Zachary Litvack M.D.
Chapter Three
Middle Fossa and Translabyrinthine Approaches
Justin C. Sowder, MD; Breanne L. Schiffer, MD, MPH; Richard K. Gurgel, MD, and Clough Shelton, MD
Chapter Four
Posterior and Combined Petrosal Approaches
David Aum, BA,; Omar Arnaout, MD,; Marcio Rassi, MD,; Walid I. Essayed, MD, and Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
Chapter Five
Far Lateral Approach and Its Variants
Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD,; Karolyn Au, MD, MSc, and Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FAANS
Chapter Six
Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Posterior Fossa Tumors
Andre Beer-Furlan,; Alexandre Bossi Todeschini,; Ricardo L. Carrau, and Daniel M. Prevedello
III. Specific Diseases:
Chapter Seven
Petroclival Meningiomas
Amol Raheja, M.B.B.S, M.Ch.; and William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Chapter Eight
Meningiomas of the Cerebellopontine Angle
Stephen Magill; Philip Theodosopoulos; Aron Tward; Steve Cheung; and Michael W. McDermott
Chapter Nine
Tentorial Meningiomas
Hiroki Morisako, MD, PhD; Takeo Goto, MD, PhD; and Kenji Ohata, MD, PhD
Chapter Ten
Foramen Magnum Meningiomas
Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD,; Karolyn Au, MD, MSc, and Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FAA
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Chapter Eleven
Surgical Approaches for the Removal of Vestibular Schwannomas
Gmaan Alzrhani, MD,; Clough Shelton, MD,; and William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD
Chapter Twelve
Epidermoid Cyst
Gmaan Alzhrani, MD, and William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD
Chapter Thirteen
Metastasis to the Posterior Fossa
Bradley D. Weaver, B.S. and Randy L. Jensen M.D., Ph.D
Chapter Fourteen
Microsurgical Management of Posterior Fossa Vascular Lesions
M. Yashar; S. Kalani, MD, PhD and Robert F. Spetzler, MD
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Publication date: November, 2017
Pages: 333
Weight: 6002g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General, Neurosurgery