Textbook in PDF format Successful treatment of a neurosurgical problem depends on achieving success in every stage of a continuous chain of events-preoperative diagnosis, assessment and preparation of patient for surgery, intraoperative anesthesia and surgical procedure and postoperative adjuvant therapy and rehabilitation. The surgical technique of the actual procedure depends entirely on the neurosurgeon while all the other aspects can be managed solely or partly by the members of the surgical team and collaborating specialists. Every surgical procedure consists of a series of steps in surgical anatomy or pathological anatomy. Correct reproduction of each step is essential for proceeding to the next step. This book illustrates this principle beautifully. A special feature is the practical pearls given by the authors for each surgical procedure at the end of the chapter. May I conclude by emphasizing that this operative neurosurgery atlas should be a ready resource not only in the theatre but in every departmental library and personal bookshelf of neurosurgeons. I strongly recommend that this book should always be available in every neurosurgical operation theatre. Volume 1 Preoperative and lntraoperative Consideration Preoperative Investigations Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anatomy of the Brain and Spine Anesthesia Techniques Patient Positioning in Neurosurgery lntraoperative Monitoring Awake Craniotomy and Anesthesia Trolley and Instrument Preparation Instrumentation lntraoperative Angiography Basic Techniques Burr Hole and Evacuation of Hematoma Pterional Craniotomy Suboccipital Craniectomy Decompressive Craniectomy Subfrontal Approach Supraorbital Craniotomy Approach Fronto-orbitotomy and Frontotemporo-orbitozygotomy (FTOZ) Hemostatic Agents in Neurosurgery Trauma Depressed Fracture Extradural Hematoma Acute Subdural Hematoma Traumatic lntracerebral Hematoma and Contusion Transcranial Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Surgery for Skull Base Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Endoscopic Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Posterior Fossa Hematoma Endoscopic Optic Nerve Decompression in Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Tumors Classification of Brain Tumors Surgery for Intra-axial Brain Tumors (Gliomas) Surgery for Convexity Meningioma Surgery for Parasagittal and Falx Meningiomas Same Side Down Approach Transcallosal and Transcortical Approaches for Colloid Cyst Surgery for Anterior Third Ventricular Tumors Supratentorial lnfraoccipital (Transtentorial) Approach lnfratentorial Supracerebellar Approach Peritrigonal High-grade Glioma Transopercular and Trans-Sylvian Approaches for Resection of Giant Insular Gliomas Surgery for Cerebellar Tumors Surgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors — Retrosigmoid Approach Surgical Excision of Foramen Magnum Tumors (Far-lateral Approach) Surgical Approaches and Excision of an Exophytic Brainstem Glioma Excision ofTentorial Meningioma Skull Base Surgery Surgical Excision of Olfactory Groove Meningioma Craniofacial Resection Excision of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas Surgery of Trigeminal Schwannomas Combined Middle Cranial Fossa and Posterior Cranial Fossa Approach Surgery of Cavernous Sinus Lesions Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions Transcranial Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Tumors Surgical Management of Glomus Jugulare Extended Frontobasal Approach Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Excision of Clinoidal Meningioma Tuberculum Sella Meningioma Excision Excision of Planum Sphenoidale Meningioma Staged Subtotal Excision of Large Skull Base Meningioma via Transfacial Approach Transfacial Approach for an Extensive Facial Hemangioma with Infraorbital and Infratemporal Fossa Extension Translabyrinthine Approach—A Comprehensive Look into Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions External Auditory Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Piecemeal Lateral Temporal Bone Resection with Submental Flap Reconstruction Vascular Surgery Basic Clipping Techniques Posterior Communicating Artery and Anterior Choroidal Artery (Mid Carotid Area) Aneurysm Clipping Surgery for Paraclinoid Aneurysms Internal Carotid Artery Bifurcation Aneurysms Clipping of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Clipping of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Posterior Circulation Aneurysms Clipping of Basilar Bifurcation Aneurysms Vertebral Artery: Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms Clipping of Vertebral Artery Aneurysm General Principles in the Surgical Management of a Patient with Multiple Cerebral Aneurysms Arteriovenous Malformations: General Techniques Surgical Excision of Large Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Surgery for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma Carotid Endarterectomy–I Carotid Endarterectomy–II Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass