E-Book, Englisch, 193 Seiten
Shahinian Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59745-340-0
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A Comprehensive Guide with Illustrative Cases
E-Book, Englisch, 193 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-59745-340-0
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
To date, more than three thousand brain and skull base tumors, along with various vascular problems, have been treated by using advanced, fully endoscopic, minimally invasive surgical techniques. In this book, Dr. Hrayr K. Shahinian, director of the Skull Base Institute, compiles these techniques. The book is highly specific and amply illustrated. The step-by-step operating room procedures provide a definitive guide to the difficult yet essential art of skull base surgery.
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1;Author;5
2;Co-Authors;7
3;Contributors;9
4;Foreword;13
5;Preface;15
6;Contents;17
7;Introduction;19
7.1;1. THE EVOLUTION FROM THE OPEN CRANIOTOMY TO FULLY ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE SURGERY;19
7.2;2. ENDOSCOPIC SKULL BASE SURGERY IN PRACTICE;20
8;Anesthetic Considerations in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery;23
8.1;1. INTRODUCTION;23
8.2;2. PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT;23
8.3;3. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS;24
8.4;4. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS;24
8.5;5. FUTURE CHALLENGES;27
9;Neuroendocrine Aspects of Skull Base Surgery;29
9.1;1. INTRODUCTION;29
9.2;2. PITUITARY TUMORS;30
9.3;3. HORMONAL DEFICIENCIES CAUSED BY PITUITARY TUMORS;34
9.4;4. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH A PITUITARY TUMOR;36
10;Interventional Neuroradiology Aspects of Skull Base Surgery;39
10.1;1. INTRODUCTION;39
10.2;2. EMBOLIZATION OF SKULL BASE TUMORS;39
10.3;3. TEST AND PERMANENT OCCLUSION OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY;43
10.4;4. INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING;44
11;Instrumentation in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery;47
11.1;1. INTRODUCTION;47
11.2;2. RIGID ENDOSCOPES;47
11.3;3. IRRIGATION SHEATHS AND PUMPS;47
11.4;4. PNEUMATIC HOLDING ARMS;48
11.5;5. XENON LIGHT SOURCES;49
11.6;6. HIGH-DEFINITION DIGITAL CAMERAS;49
11.7;7. DIGITAL MONITORS;49
11.8;8. DVD RECORDERS;49
11.9;9. POLAROID DIGITAL PRINTERS;49
11.10;10. CRANIAL NERVE MONITORS;49
11.11;11. MICRODRILL HANDPIECES, ATTACHMENTS, AND BURRS;50
11.12;12. MICRO-CAVITRON ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATOR ( MICROCUSA) HANDPIECES AND TIPS;50
11.13;13. SPECIALIZED ENDOSCOPIC MICROINSTRUMENTS;51
12;The Fully Endoscopic Endonasal Approach;61
12.1;1. INTRODUCTION;61
12.2;2. INDICATIONS;61
12.3;3. INSTRUMENTATION;61
12.4;4. OPERATING ROOM SETUP (FIG. 1);61
12.5;5. PATIENT POSITIONING (FIG. 2);62
12.6;6. OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE;63
12.7;7. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES;66
12.8;8. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS;78
12.9;9. AVOIDING COMPLICATIONS IN AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCE;83
13;The Fully Endoscopic Transglabellar Approach;91
13.1;1. INTRODUCTION;91
13.2;2. INDICATIONS;91
13.3;3. INSTRUMENTATION;91
13.4;4. OPERATING ROOM SETUP (FIG. 1);91
13.5;5. PATIENT POSITIONING (FIG. 2);92
13.6;6. OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE;92
13.7;7. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES;94
13.8;8. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS;98
13.9;9. AVOIDING COMPLICATIONS IN AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCE;100
14;The Fully Endoscopic Supraorbital Approach;107
14.1;1. INTRODUCTION;107
14.2;2. INDICATIONS;107
14.3;7. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES;111
14.4;8. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS;119
14.5;9. AVOIDING COMPLICATIONS IN AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCE;125
15;The Fully Endoscopic Retrosigmoid Approach;127
15.1;1. INTRODUCTION;127
15.2;2. INDICATIONS;127
15.3;3. INSTRUMENTATION;127
15.4;4. OPERATING ROOM SETUP (FIG. 1);127
15.5;5. PATIENT POSITIONING (FIG. 2);128
15.6;6. OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE;128
15.7;7. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES;131
15.8;8. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS;148
15.9;9. AVOIDING COMPLICATIONS IN AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCE;189
16;The Fully Endoscopic Subtemporal Approach;191
16.1;1. INTRODUCTION;191
16.2;2. INDICATIONS;191
16.3;3. INSTRUMENTATION;191
16.4;4. OPERATING ROOM SETUP (FIG. 1);192
16.5;5. PATIENT POSITIONING (FIG. 2);192
16.6;6. OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE;192
16.7;7. ILLUSTRATIVE CASES;196
16.8;8. POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS;197
16.9;9. AVOIDING COMPLICATIONS IN AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCE;201
17;Index;207




