Operative Manual of Neurosurgery: A Step by Step Pictorial Atlas

Comprising two volumes, this pictorial atlas is a comprehensive guide to operative neurosurgery for trainees.

Divided into 21 sections across more than 1700 pages, the book begins with discussion on preoperative and intraoperative considerations, and basic techniques.

Each of the following sections covers numerous surgical procedures for disorders in the brain and spine including trauma, tumours, skull base surgery, vascular surgery, cervical spine, minimally invasive spine surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, and many more.

A complete section is dedicated to paediatric neurosurgery and the book concludes with chapters on postoperative management.

Presented in a step by step format, the atlas explains procedures using detailed photographs and illustrations.

Each chapter begins with an introduction, then radiological imaging, guidance on positioning, and direction on the surgical technique.

Authored by recognised experts in the field, this book is an invaluable resource for junior and trainee neurosurgeons.

Contents
Volume 1
Section 1: Preoperative and Intraoperative Consideration
1. Preoperative Investigations 3
Vinay Marulasiddappa
2. Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anatomy of the
Brain and Spine 9
Vijay Kumar KR
3. Anesthesia Techniques 29
Vinay Marulasiddappa
4. Patient Positioning in Neurosurgery 38
Murali Mohan, Balaji Pai S
5. Intraoperative Monitoring 48
Vinay Marulasiddappa, Saraswathi N
6. Awake Craniotomy and Anesthesia 50
Raghavendra BS
7. Trolley and Instrument Preparation 54
Sandesh Khandelwal, Shylu Priyadarshini, Balaji Pai S
8. Instrumentation 58
Balaji Pai S, Sandesh Khandelwal
9. Intraoperative Angiography 67
Balaji Pai S
Section 2: Basic Techniques
10. Burr Hole and Evacuation of Hematoma 73
Sandesh Khandelwal, Balaji Pai S, Pratham Bysani
11. Pterional Craniotomy 77
Balaji Pai S, Vikas Naik
12. Suboccipital Craniectomy 82
Balaji Pai S
13. Decompressive Craniectomy 95
Sandesh Khandelwal, Balaji Pai S
14. Subfrontal Approach 99
Balaji Pai S
15. Supraorbital Craniotomy Approach 106
Balaji Pai S, Vishwanath Narayana
16. Fronto-orbitotomy and Frontotemporo-orbitozygotomy (FTOZ) 123
Balaji Pai S, Ravi Gopal Varma
17. Hemostatic Agents in Neurosurgery 132
Sandesh Khandelwal, Nagesh SA, Balaji Pai S
Section 3: Trauma
18. Depressed Fracture 143
Dhaval Shukla, Mohammed Nadeem, Balaji Pai S
19. Extradural Hematoma 147
Balaji Pai S
20. Acute Subdural Hematoma 155
Balaji Pai S, Pratham Bysani
21. Traumatic Intracerebral Hematoma and Contusion 161
Balaji Pai S
22. Transcranial Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea 165
Balaji Pai S
23. Surgery for Skull Base Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea 174
Amit Keshri, Vandan Raiyani, Pawan K Verma,
Neha Singh, Surendra Singh Baghel, Kuntal Kanti Das
24. Endoscopic Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea 184
Richa Agrawal, Shrikant Phatak, Abhik Sikdar
25. Posterior Fossa Hematoma 189
Pratham Bysani, Balaji Pai S
26. Endoscopic Optic Nerve Decompression in
Traumatic Optic Neuropathy 192
Kanika Arora, Aditi Mehta, Ramandeep Singh Virk,
Ravi Sankar Manogaran, Raghab Sedai
Section 4: Tumors
27. Classification of Brain Tumors 209
Anitha Mahadevan, Shilpa Rao
28. Surgery for Intra-axial Brain Tumors (Gliomas) 222
Balaji Pai S
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29. Surgery for Convexity Meningioma 231
Balaji Pai S
30. Surgery for Parasagittal and Falx Meningiomas 237
Balaji Pai S
31. Same Side Down Approach 255
Balaji Pai S
32. Transcallosal and Transcortical Approaches for Colloid Cyst 263
Venkatramana NK
33. Surgery for Anterior Third Ventricular Tumors 272
Balaji Pai S
34. Supratentorial Infraoccipital (Transtentorial) Approach 291
Balaji Pai S
35. Infratentorial Supracerebellar Approach 300
Balaji Pai S
36. Peritrigonal High-grade Glioma 307
Priyadarshi Dikshit, Amanjot Singh Boparai, Vikas Dwivedi, Mayank Singh,
Ved Prakash Maurya, Kamlesh Singh Bhaisora, Sanjay Behari
37. Transopercular and Trans-Sylvian Approaches for
Resection of Giant Insular Gliomas 315
Aliasgar V Moiyadi, Chandrima Biswas, Harshal Agarwal,
Kanchi Jain, Parthiban Velayutham
38. Surgery for Cerebellar Tumors 341
Balaji Pai S
39. Surgery for Cerebellopontine Angle
Tumors—Retrosigmoid Approach 359
Ravi Mohan Rao, Karthik M, Karthikeyan Y, Shivanna V,
Santosh CK, Phanishekar KR, Belliappa MS, Ajith Kumar
40. Surgical Excision of Foramen Magnum Tumors
(Far-lateral Approach) 374
Balaji Pai S
41. Surgical Approaches and Excision of an
Exophytic Brainstem Glioma 389
Ashutosh Kumar, Kamlesh Singh Bhaisora, Kuntal Kanti Das, Sanjay Behari
42. Excision of Tentorial Meningioma 400
Balaji Pai S
Section 5: Skull Base Surgery
43. Surgical Excision of Olfactory Groove Meningioma 411
Balaji Pai S
44. Craniofacial Resection 420
Balaji Pai S, Sujay Rao, R Deo
45. Excision of Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas 439
Balaji Pai S
46. Surgery of Trigeminal Schwannomas 457
Dwarakanath Srinivas, Jitender Chaturvedi
47. Combined Middle Cranial Fossa and Posterior
Cranial Fossa Approach 462
Balaji Pai S
48. Surgery of Cavernous Sinus Lesions 475
Rajneesh Kachhara, Pulak Nigam
49. Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions 495
Balaji Pai S
50. Transcranial Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Tumors 518
Balaji Pai S
51. Surgical Management of Glomus Jugulare 536
Balaji Pai S
52. Extended Frontobasal Approach 556
Balaji Pai S
53. Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma 568
Srinath N, Balaji Pai S, Ankita Dahiya
54. Excision of Clinoidal Meningioma 580
Balaji Pai S
55. Tuberculum Sella Meningioma Excision 587
Balaji Pai S
56. Excision of Planum Sphenoidale Meningioma 603
Balaji Pai S
57. Staged Subtotal Excision of Large Skull Base
Meningioma via Transfacial Approach 609
Arun K Govind, Ramandeep Singh Virk, Kanika Arora,
Gyanaranjan Nayak, Ravi Sankar Manogaran
58. Transfacial Approach for an Extensive Facial Hemangioma with
Infraorbital and Infratemporal Fossa Extension 623
Ravi Sankar Manogaran, Govind S Bhuskute, Anant Mehrotra,
Arulalan Mathialagan, Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Sanjay Behari
59. Translabyrinthine Approach—A Comprehensive
Look into Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions 638
Sampath Chandra Prasad Rao, Sohini Chakrabarti, Ganga Kamath
60. External Auditory Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma:
Piecemeal Lateral Temporal Bone Resection with
Submental Flap Reconstruction 653
Ravi Sankar Manogaran, Neha Singh, Surendra Singh Baghel,
Amit Keshri, Sanjay Behari
Author information
S Balaji Pai MBBS DNB (Neurosurgery) MBA (Hospital Management)
Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India