Main description:

This book illustrates and discusses key points related to intra- and postoperative complications of brain, spine and peripheral nerve surgery, and covers the majority of neurosurgical subspecialties, including skull base surgery, brain tumor surgery, vascular and endovascular neurosurgery, neuroendoscopy, functional neurosurgery, spine surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, radiosurgery and radiotherapy. In addition, it considers related medicolegal, ethical and philosophical aspects.

Including material that represents the combined proceedings of the First International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery (March 3-5, 2017; Mumbai, India) and the dedicated symposium "Complications in Neurosurgery" during the XVI Congress of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (August 20-25, 2017; Istanbul, Turkey), the articles in this volume were written by recognized experts in the field and based both on their personal experience and the latest scientific evidence. It offers a valuable reference guide, providing detailed recommendations on the prevention and management of complications in neurosurgery.

Contents:

1.Surgical Complexity and Complications: The Need for A Common Language.- 2.Different Approaches in Skull Base Surgery Carry Risks for Different Types of Complications.- 3.Major Carotid Injury During Skull Base Surgery.- 4.Surgical Strategy in Modification of Transpetrosal Approach to Avoid Postoperative Venous Complications: A Report of 74 Consecutive Cases.- 5.Arterial Injury During Dissection of a Craniopharyngioma via the Pterional Approach: Case Report.- 6.Catastrophic Outcome Following Apparently Trivial Sinus Injury in Tentorial Meningioma.- 7.Postoperative Intra- or Peritumoral Hematoma after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection.- 8.Enhance the Safety in Aneurysm Surgery: Strategies for Prevention of Intraoperative Vascular Complications.- 9.Management of Intraoperative Ruptures of Aneurysms: Agony and Ecstasy.- 10.Complication in Aneurysm Surgery: M2 Tear at Neck Managed With Salvage M2 to M2 In Situ Bypass.- 11.Complications of Endovascular and Open Aneurysm Surgery in the Era of Flow Diversion.- 12.Endovascular Management of Basilar Artery Pseudoaneurysm Resulted from Iatrogenic Injury During Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.- 13.Complications of Minimally Invasive Neuroendoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhages.- 14.Surgery for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Avoidance of Pitfalls and Complications.- 15.Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation.- 16.Retained Cottonoids after Craniotomy: Causes and Ways to Avoid It.- 17.Complication Avoidance Using Intraoperative Ultrasound.- 18.Complication Avoidance in Spine Surgery.- 19.Vertebral Artery Management in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery.- 20.Complications of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.- 21.Wrong Level Spinal Surgery.- 22.Vascular Injury During Lumbar Disc Surgery.- 23.Managing Complications Related to Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Selected Illustrative Cases.- 24.Intratumoral Hemorrhage after Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases.- 25.Radiotherapy-Induced Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Brain Tumor Survivors: Burden and Rehabilitation.- 26.The Hawthorne Effect: Quality and Outcomes in Neurosurgery.- 27.Complications in Neurosurgery: General Ethical Principles for Minimizing Them and Subsequent Legal Action.- 28.Preventing Medicolegal Problems in Neurosurgical Practice: Do's and Don'ts.