Yasargil Microneurosurgery Study Guide is designed for effective learning and study of the neurosurgical principles contained in seminal microneurosurgery textbooks. From normal microsurgical anatomy to aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and CNS tumor microsurgery, this study guide provides a question-and-answer format to knowledge of the background, anatomy, and techniques of microneurosurgery. This work is a practical guide to the application of microneurosurgery to a variety of brain conditions, including intracranial aneurysms, extrinsic and intrinsic tumors, while providing guidance on instrumentation and equipment, neuroanesthesia, complications, and more. This practical book is ideal for neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroanatomists, and other technical experts with a clinical interest in brain microsurgery.
- Provides a fill-in the blanks format structure of question and answers to test microneurosurgery learning
- Discusses pathology, physiology, imaging and treatment protocols in neurosurgery
- Details acronyms to help provide memory cues
- Allows readers to test their knowledge of neurosurgical anatomy, techniques, equipment, and more
- Ideal for both neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, and others working in the field of microneurosurgery
I. Microsurgical Anatomy of the Basal Cisterns and Vessels of the Brain,
Diagnostic Studies, General Operative Techniques and Pathological
Considerations of the Intracranial Aneurysms
1. Operative neurosurgery;
2. Diagnostic studies;
3. General operative
techniques;
4. Anesthesia for Microsurgical procedures in Neurosurgery;
5.
Pathological considerations
II. Clinical Considerations, Surgery of the Intracranial Aneurysms and
Results 1 Clinical considerations
6. Clinical considerations;
7. Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms;
8. Middle
Cerebral Artery Aneurysms;
9. Anterior Cerebral and Anterior Communicating
Artery Aneurysms;
10. Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms;
11. Giant Intracranial
Aneurysms;
12. Multiple Aneurysms;
13. Unoperated Cases;
14. Complications of
Aneurysm Surgery;
15. Addendum;
16. Final Comments
III. Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) of the Brain, History, Embryology,
Pathological Considerations, Hemodynamics, Diagnostic Studies, Microsurgical
Anatomy
17. History;
18. Embryology;
19. Pathological considerations;
20.
Hemodynamics;
21. Diagnosis and Follow-up of patients with cerebral AVM using
Doppler ultrasound;
22. Neuroradiological Evaluation;
23. Microsurgical
Anatomy of the Brain;
24. Cortical Blood Vessels of the Human Brain;
25.
Anatomy of the Calcarine Sulcus
IV. AVM of the Brain, Clinical Considerations, General and Special Operative
Techniques, Surgical Results, Nonoperated Cases, Cavernous and Venous
Angiomas, Neuroanesthesia
26. Anatomical Location of AVMs from the Surgical Viewpoint;
27. Clinical
Considerations;
28. Surgical Concerns;
29. Special Surgical Considerations;
30. Summary of Operative Results;
31. Children with AVM;
32. Nonoperated
Patients with AVM;
33. Venous, Cavernous and Occult Angiomas;
34. Final
Comments AVMs;
35. Anesthesia in the Surgery of Cerebrovascular
Malformations
V. CNS Tumors: Surgical Anatomy, Neuropathology, Neuroradiology,
Neurophysiology, Clinical Considerations, Operability, Treatment Options
36. Anatomy;
37. Neuropathology;
38. Neuroradiology;
39. Neurophysiology;
40.
Clinical Considerations Operability
VI. Microsurgery of CNS Tumors: Instrumentation and Equipment, Laboratory
Training, Surgical Approaches, Strategies, Tactics and Techniques, Surgery
and Results of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Tumors, Interventional Neuroradiology,
Neuroanesthesia, Complications
41. Instrumentation and Equipment;
42. Laboratory Training;
43. Surgical
Approaches;
44. Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques;
45. Acoustic Neurinomas;
46. Less Common Neurinomas: Orbital, Oculomotor, Trigeminal, Facial,
Glossopharyngeal, Accessory, and Hypoglossal;
47. Glomus Jugulare Tumors;
48.
Meningiomas;
49. Hemangiopericytoma;
50. Chondromas;
51. Chordomas;
52.
Epidermoid and Dermoid Tumors;
53. Intracranial Lipoma;
54. Transcranial
Surgery for Large Pituitary Adenomas;
55. Craniopharyngiomas;
56. Optic
Gliomas;
57. Esthesioneuroblastoma (Olfactory Neuroblastoma);
58. Arachnoid
Cysts;
59. Neocerebral and Neocerebellar Tumors;
60. Limbic and Paralimbic
Tumors;
61. Midline Tumors (Corpus Callosum, Septum Pellucidum, Basal
Ganglia, Diencephalon, and Brainstem);
62. Intraventricular Tumors;
63.
Pineal Area Tumors;
64. Patient Population and Outcome from Individual Glioma
Groups;
65. Malignant Transformation;
66. Embryonal CNS Tumors;
67. Primary
CNS Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Primary Intracranial Sarcoma;
68. Germ Cell
Tumors;
69. Vascular Tumors;
70. Cerebral Metastases;
71. Interventional
Neuroradiology in the Management of CNS Tumors;
72. Neuroanesthesia for
Microsurgery of CNS Tumors;
73. Summary: Whole Series;
74. Summary: Childhood
Tumors;
75. Intra- and Postoperative Complications;
76. Final Remarks
Dr. Kranzler earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School where he also completed the neurosurgery residence program. He also holds a JD and LLM in Health Law from Loyola University. Since 1974 he has been coordinator of the Chicago Review Course in Neurological Surgery. Author of two books in Neurosurgery, and a deep interest in neurosurgical education, he was clinical professor of surgery (neurosurgery) at the University of Chicago. His clinical interests involve trauma, minimally invasive spine surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, pituitary tumors and pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Panteli earned her medical degree in the Faculty of Medicine from University Gr. T Popa in Romania. She subsequently received her neurosurgical training and board certification from the Red Cross Hospital in Athens in 2012.
In June 2014, after completing the 5th Istanbul Microneurosurgery Course, she was accepted as a research fellow in the Neurosurgery Department of Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, under the supervision of Professor M. Gazi Yaargil and Professor Uur Türe. She is currently a Neuroscience PhD candidate, and, since December 2014, has been enjoying the challenges of teaching neuroanatomy, cardiovascular and respiratory system anatomy to the undergraduate medical students in Yeditepe University, in Istanbul, Turkey.
