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Schmidek and Sweet's operative neurosurgical techniques : indications, methods, and results : volume 2

Contributor(s): Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, 2021Edition: 7th edDescription: i, 2248pISBN:
  • 9780323414791
  • 9780323847223
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WL 368
Summary: This book is a reference for neurosurgery training and practice. It ensures that readers stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. It is a resource for expert procedural guidance for today's practitioners. It discusses indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral nerve problems in adult patients. It covers the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional management of cerebral aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations. It includes new chapters on bypass techniques in vascular disease, previously coiled aneurysms, CSF diversion procedures, surgical management of posterior fossa cystic and membranous obstruction, laser-ablation techniques, and brain stem tumors. It explores hot topics such as wide-awake surgery and ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculoatrial and ventriculo-pleural shunts.
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This book is a reference for neurosurgery training and practice. It ensures that readers stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. It is a resource for expert procedural guidance for today's practitioners. It discusses indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral nerve problems in adult patients. It covers the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional management of cerebral aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations. It includes new chapters on bypass techniques in vascular disease, previously coiled aneurysms, CSF diversion procedures, surgical management of posterior fossa cystic and membranous obstruction, laser-ablation techniques, and brain stem tumors. It explores hot topics such as wide-awake surgery and ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculoatrial and ventriculo-pleural shunts.

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