Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Recent Advancements in the Management of Primary Spinal Tumors
Orlin Pavlov1, MD
1Department of Neurosurgery, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Germany
Chapter 2. Advances in Spinal Metastasis
Orlin Pavlov1, MD and Kalina Koleva2, MD, PhD
1Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Fulda, University Medicine Marburg, Germany
2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Chapter 3. Spinal Trauma Surgery
Orlin Pavlov
Department of Neurosurgery, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Germany
Chapter 4. Foramen Magnum Meningioma
Kuntal Kanti Das, Kamlesh Rangari, Ashish Sharma and Priyadarshi Dikshit
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Chapter 5. Advances in CVJ Surgery
Orlin Pavlov, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Fulda, University Medicine Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Chapter 6. 3D Printing in Cranio-Vertebral Junction (CVJ) Surgery
Rashim Kataria and Mudit Mehrotra
Department of Neurosurgery, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Chapter 7. Current Concepts in the Management of Chiari Malformation
Orlin Pavlov, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Fulda, University Medicine Marburg, Hesse, Germany
Chapter 8. Advances in Anterior Approaches to Cervical Disc Diseases
Krishan K. Yadav and MS Sridhar
Professors of Neurosurgery, Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Chapter 9. Spinal Dysraphism and Congenital Non-Dysraphic Malformations
Priyadarshi Dikshit1, Pragya Gupta2, Rudrashish Haldar2, Ved Prakash Maurya1, Arun Kumar Srivastava1 and Rajkumar1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
2Department of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Chapter 10. Dynamic Lumbar Stabilization Procedure: Recent Advancements in Spinal Fusion Surgery
S. Shashivadhanan
Military Hospital Bathinda, India
Chapter 11. Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Orlin Pavlov1, MD, and Kalina Koleva2, MD
1Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Fulda, University Medicine Marburg, Marburg, Germany
2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Chapter 12. Hirayama Disease
M. Manoranjitha Kumari1,, R. Gopikrishnan1 and A. S. Ramesh2
1Assistant Professor Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
2Additional Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
Chapter 13. Biologics of Spinal Fusion
Aishik Mukherjee, Rupant Kumar Das and Dibyendu Kumar Ray
AMRI Hospitals, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
Chapter 14. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for Hydrocephalus Associated with Tubercular Meningitis
Kaushik Sil, Siddharth Mistri and Sandip Chatterjee
Park Clinic, Kolkata, India
Chapter 15. Recent Evidence for Decompressive Craniectomy
Gustavo Adolfo Gaitán-Herrera1,2, Laura Marcela Acevedo-Aguilar1,2 and Iván David Lozada-Martínez1,2*
1School of Medicine, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia
2Colombian Clinical Research Group in Neurocritical Care, Latin American Council of Neurocritical Care, Cartagena, Colombia
Chapter 16. Neuro-Endovascular Device Research
Mariana Hurtado-Pinillos1,2, Ivan David Lozada-Martínez1,2 and Yelson Alejandro Picón-Jaimes1,2
1Colombian Clinical Research Group in Neurocritical Care, Colombian Chapter, Latin American Council in Neurocritical Care, Colombia
2Medical and Surgical Research Center, Future Surgeons Chapter, Colombian Surgery Association, Bogotá, Colombia
Chapter 17. Key-Hole Approaches to Anterior Circulation Aneurysms
Kuntal Kanti Das, Kamlesh Rangari, Anant Mehrotra and Awadhesh Jaiswal
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Chapter 18. 3D Printing in Neurosurgery
M. S. Sridhar1, Krishan K. Yadav1 and S. Shashivadanan2
1Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2Military Hospital Bhatinda, Punjab, India
Chapter 19. Dural Substitutes in Neurosurgery: Recent Advances
S. Shashivadhanan
Military Hospital, Bathinda, Punjab, India
Chapter 20. Stem Cell Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury
Bhawan Nangarwal, Priyadarshi Dikshit, Vikas Dwivedi and Ved Prakash Maurya
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Chapter 21. Nanotechnology in Neurosurgery: A Prospective Shift Towards Extremely Minimally Invasive Surgery
Brig (Dr) S. Shashivadhanan1 and Shivangi Shashivadhanan2
1Professor Surgery and Neurosurgeon, Military Hospital Bathinda, India
2Biotechology RV College of Engineering Bangalore, India
Chapter 22. Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries
Balachandar D, Abhishek Kumar, Priyadarshi Dikshit, and Kuntal Kanti Das
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Chapter 23. Management of Cerebral Metastasis
Mohan Raj Sharma1 and Sagar Koirala2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
2Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Chapter 24. Initiating, Developing and Structuring a Pediatric Neurosurgery Healthcare System: A Quality Improvement Venue
Hector E. James, MD, FAANS, FAAP, FCCM
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine and Pediatric Neurosurgery Consultant, Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Chapter 25. A Working Group for Prenatal Diagnosis and Management as a Venue to Facilitate Neurosurgery Health Care Delivery: A Report on a 14-Year Experience
Hector E. James1, MD and Alexandra D. Beier2, DO
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine and Pediatric Neurosurgery Consultant, Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville and Lucy Gooding Pediatric Neurosurgery Center at Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Index