Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Vascular Neurosurgery

Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Vascular Neurosurgery, Third Edition, by R. Loch Macdonald and expert contributors, reflects the latest advances in endoscopic, endovascular, microsurgical, and bypass techniques used in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease. The entire atlas has been streamlined and updated with new content, including 38 videos that complement the concise step-by-step guidance in the text.

The book begins with five chapters on vascular and microsurgical instrumentation and equipment, clipping versus coiling, aneurysm surgery techniques, the pterional approach, and minimally invasive approaches. Disease and procedure-specific chapters are organized by three sections: aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, vascular malformations, and ischemic and other cerebrovascular disease. Every chapter includes salient tips on patient selection and procedural indications, preoperative information and tests, patient positioning, operative nuances, and postoperative complications.

Key Highlights

•         Nearly 300 high-quality color illustrations detail impacted anatomy and procedures

•         The latest techniques for treating a full spectrum of aneurysms, such as ophthalmic segment, supraclinoid internal carotid artery, middle and anterior cerebral artery, basilar and posterior cerebral artery, and others

•         Treatment of vascular abnormalities including arteriovenous malformations, superficial and brainstem cavernous malformations, arteriovenous fistulae, Moyamoya disease, and more

Neurosurgical residents will benefit from the firsthand knowledge shared by international masters, while veteran neurosurgeons will glean invaluable insights on cutting-edge endovascular techniques to enhance clinical practice.

Table of Contents:

 I Aneurysms/Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

1 Craniosynostosis

2 How to Repair This Aneurysm: Clipping or Coiling Decision Making

3 Aneurysm Surgery Techniques

4 Pterional Approach

5 Minimally Invasive Approaches to Aneurysms

6 Opthalmic Segment Aneurysms

7 Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms

8 Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms

9 Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms

10 Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Anterior Interhemispheric Approach

11 Pterional Transsylvian and Extended Approaches for Upper Basilar Aneurysms

12 Orbitocranial Zygomatic Approach for Upper Basilar Artery Aneurysms

13 Subtemporal and Pretemporal Approaches for Basilar and Posterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms

14 Transsylvian Transclinoidal and Transcavernous Approach for Basilar Bifurcation Aneurysms

15 Vertebral Artery and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms

16 Retrolabyrinthine Transsigmoid and Extreme Lateral Infrajugular Transcondylar-Transtubercular Exposures for Aneurysms

17 Vertebral Confluence and Midbasilar Aneurysms Including Transpetrosal Approach

18 Fusiform, Dolichoectatic, and Dissecting Aneurysms

19 Endoscopic Approaches to Intracranial Aneurysms

20 Microsurgical Treatment of Previously Endovascularly Treated Aneurysms

21 Pterional Craniotomy for Exposure of Contralateral Aneurysms

22 Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms

II Vascular Malformations

23 Arteriovenous Malformations of the Cerebral Convexities

24 Arteriovenous Malformations of the Basal Ganglia and Thalamus

25 Intraventricular and Deep Arteriovenous Malformations

26 Vein of Galen Malformations

27 Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations

28 Superficial Cavernous Malformations

29 Brainstem Cavernous Malformations

30 Spinal Vascular Malformations

31 Carotid Cavernous Fistulas

32 Transverse and Sigmoid Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

33 Tentorial and Posterior Fossa Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

34 Anterior Fossa, Superior Sagittal Sinus, and Convexity Dural Arteriovenous Malformations

III Ischemic and Other Cerebrovascular

35 Carotid Endarterectomy

36 Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass

37 Indirect Bypasses for Moyamoya Disease

38 Positional Compression of the Vertebral Arteries

39 Minimally Invasive Approaches for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage