Wherever, whenever, or however you need it, unmatched procedural guidance is at your fingertips with the new edition of Schmidek & Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques! Completely revised under the auspices of new editor-chief Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, this comprehensive medical reference examines indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every neurosurgical procedure. Full-color illustrations, 21 new chapters, internationally-acclaimed contributors, surgical videos, and online access make it a "must have" for today's practitioner.

• Hone your skills for Master virtually every routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral nerve problems in adult patients.
• Review clinical information on image-guided technologies and infections.
• Easily understand and apply techniques with guidance from more than 1,600 full-color illustrations.

• Rely on the knowledge and experience of new editor-in-chief Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa and leading international authorities, who offer multiple perspectives on neurosurgical challenges, from tried-and-true methods to the most current techniques.
• See exactly how to proceed with online surgical videos that guide you through each technique and procedure to ensure the best possible outcomes and results.
• Apply 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.
• Take it with you anywhere! Access the full text, downloadable image library, video clips, and more at www.expertconsult.com.

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa has edited several books including Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques, Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery, and Video Atlas of Neurosurgery: Contemporary Tumor and Skull Base Surgery, and Neural Stem Cells (An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics). He has clinical expertise in Neuro-Oncology, tumor surgery, and is a world authority on these aspects of Neuro-Oncology.

Contents

Volume 1

1. Ensuring Patient Safety in Surgery First Do No Harm1

Symeon Missios.Kimon Bekelis. George T. Blike.Kadir Erkmen

2. Surgical Navigation with Intraoperative Imaging: Special Operating Room ConceptsXXX

Arya Nabavi.Andreas M. Stark.Lutz Dörner.H. Maximilian Mehdorn

Section One

Surgical Management of Brain and Skull Base Tumors

Intra-Axial Brain Tumors

3. Functional Tractography, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Intraoperative Integration of Modalities, and NeuronavigationXXX

Jonathan A. Hyam.Alexander L. Green.Erlick A.C. Pereira

4. Intraoperative Neurophysiology: A Tool to Prevent and/or Document Intraoperative Injury to the Nervous SystemXXX

Vedran Deletis.Francesco Sala

5. Gamma Knife Surgery for Cerebral Vascular Malformations and TumorsXXX

Chun-Po Yen.Ladislau Steiner

6. Cortical and Subcortical Brain MappingXXX

Hugues Duffau

7. Chemotherapy for Brain TumorsXXX

Manmeet S. Ahluwalia

8. Current Surgical Management of High-Grade GliomasXXX

Ray M. Chu.Keith L. Black

9. Surgical Management of Low-Grade GliomasXXX

Lorenzo Bello.Francesco Dimeco.Giuseppe Casaceli.Sergio Maria Gaini

10. Management of Recurrent GliomasXXX

Griffith R. Harsh IV

11. Tumors in Eloquent Areas of BrainXXX

Mark A. Pichelmann.FREDERIC B. Meyer

12. Management of Primary Central Nervous System LymphomasXXX

Camilo E. Fadul.Pamela Ely

13. Surgical Management of Brain Stem Tumors in AdultsXXX

James L. Frazier.George I. Jallo

14. Cerebellar Tumors in AdultsXXX

Laura B. Ngwenya.Mirza N. Baig.Manish K. Aghi.E. Antonio Chiocca

15. Surgical Management of Cerebral MetastasesXXX

TIMOTHY SIU.Frederick F. Lang

Pituitary and Parapituitary Tumors

16. Multimodal Assessment of Pituitary and Parasellar LesionsXXX

T. Brooks Vaughan.Lewis S. Blevins.Michael S. Vaphiades.Gary S. Wand

17. Medical Management of Hormone-Secreting Pituitary TumorsXXX

Nestoras Mathioudakis.Roberto Salvatori

18. Growth Hormone-Secreting TumorsXXX

Carrie R. Muh.Adriana G. Ioachimescu.Nelson M. Oyesiku

19. ProlactinomasXXX

James K. Liu.Mark D. Krieger.Arun P. Amar.William T. Couldwell.Martin H. Weiss

20. Cushing's DiseaseXXX

Joseph Watson.Edward H. Oldfield

21. Endocrinologically Silent Pituitary TumorsXXX

Paolo Cappabianca.Felice Esposito.Luigi M. Cavallo.Annamaria Colao

22. Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary and Skull Base SurgeryXXX

David H. Jho.Diana H. Jho.Hae-Dong Jho

23. Transcranial Surgery for Pituitary MacroadenomasXXX

Pablo F. Recinos.C. Rory Goodwin.Henry Brem.Alfredo QuiÑones-Hinojosa

24. CraniopharyngiomasXXX

Philip V. TheodosopoUlos.Michael E. Sughrue.Michael W. McDermott

25. Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for CraniopharyngiomasXXX

Daniel M. Prevedello.Domenico Solari.Ricardo L. Carrau.Paul Gardner.Amin B. Kassam

26. Arachnoid, Suprasellar, and Rathke's Cleft CystsXXX

Dieter Hellwig.Wuttipong Tirakotai.Vincenzo Paterno.Christoph Kappus

Intraventricular Tumors

27. Surgical Approaches to Lateral and Third Ventricular TumorsXXX

Toral R. Patel.Grahame C. Gould.Joachim M. Baehring.Joseph M. Piepmeier

28. Transcallosal Surgery of Lesions Affecting the Third Ventricle: Basic PrinciplesXXX

Alexander Taghva.Charles Y. Liu.Michael L. J. Apuzzo

29. Endoscopic Approach to Intraventricular Brain TumorsXXX

Jeffrey P. Greenfield.Mark M. Souweidane.Theodore H. Schwartz

30. Management of Pineal Region TumorsXXX

Jeffrey N. Bruce

31. Management of Tumors of the Fourth VentricleXXX

Jonathan Miller.Alia Hdeib.Alan Cohen

Extra-Axial and Posterior Tumors

32. Surgical Management of Parasagittal and Convexity MeningiomasXXX

Ashok R. Asthagiri.Russell R. Lonser

33. Surgical Approach to Falcine MeningiomasXXX

Eric C. Chang.Fredrick G. Barker II.William T. Curry

34. Surgical Management of Midline Anterior Skull Base MeningiomasXXX

Matthias Kirsch.Dietmar Krex.Gabriele Schackert

35. Supraorbital Approach Variants for Intracranial TumorsXXX

Rodrigo Ramos-Zúñiga.Shaan M. Raza.Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

36. Surgical Management of Sphenoid Wing MeningiomasXXX

Gerardo Guinto

37. Spheno-Orbital MeningiomaXXX

John R. Floyd.Franco DeMonte

38. Tumors Involving the Cavernous SinusXXX

John Diaz Day.Dong Xia Feng.Takanori Fukushima

39. Surgery for Trigeminal NeurinomasXXX

Takeshi Kawase

40. Surgical Management of Petroclival MeningiomasXXX

Khaled M. Aziz.Sebastien Froelich.Sanjay Bhatia.Alexander K. Yu.Albino Bricolo.Todd Hillman.Raymond F. Sekula, Jr.

41. Surgical Management of Lesions of the ClivusXXX

Giulio Maira.Francesco Doglietto.Roberto Pallini

42. Surgical Management of Posterior Fossa MeningiomasXXX

Beejal Y. Amin.Samuel Ryu.Jack P. Rock

43. Surgical Management of…