Evidence-based neurosurgery is one of the most important pillars upon which to build decision management pathways. Effective delivery of care involves understanding the natural history of the disease and the evidence behind available treatment options. Neurosurgical Diseases: An Evidence-Based Approach to Guide Practice by esteemed neurosurgeons Leon T. Lai, Cristian Gragnaniello, and expert contributors covers cranial pathologies neurosurgeons commonly encounter in everyday practice.

The book combines a structured approach to evidence-based neurosurgery with expert opinions, analysis of up-to-date clinical data, understanding of patient preferences and values, and firsthand experiences to facilitate translation of evidence into clinical practice. Twenty-seven consistently formatted chapters are each dedicated to a different disease state, including brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease, Cushing’s disease, traumatic brain injury, trigeminal neuralgia, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. All chapters include an introduction, current statistics and data, natural history of the pathology, selected papers for further reading, procedural options and outcomes, and recommended treatment protocols from the authors.

Key Features

• Key content summarized in reader-friendly bullets, diagrams, tables, and illustrative figures enhances acquisition of knowledge
• Discussion of new developments including treatment recommendations for primary and metastatic brain tumors
• Statistical data on cerebral aneurysm treatment outcomes and recommendations for treatment
• New protocols for treating head trauma, closed head injuries, and spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage

This essential resource will help neurosurgical residents and junior neurosurgeons make challenging surgical treatment decisions for complex conditions, clearly and concisely and based on the best evidence.

Contents

۱ Natural History and Management Options of Recurrent Glioblastoma
۲ Natural History and Management Options of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
۳ Natural History and Surgical Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
۴ Natural History and Management Options of Pineal Cyst
۵ Natural History and Management Options of Colloid Cysts
۶ Natural History and Management Options of Vestibular Schwannomas
۷ Natural History and Management Options of Acromegaly
۸ Natural History and Management Options for Cushing’s Disease
۹ Natural History and Management Options of Traumatic Brain Injury
۱۰ Natural History and Management Options of Angionegative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
۱۱ Natural History and Management Options of Low-Grade Glioma
۱۲ Natural History and Management Options of Nonfunctional Pituitary Adenoma
۱۳ Natural History and Management Options of Craniopharyngioma
۱۴ Natural History and Management Options of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
۱۵ Natural History and Management Options of Chronic Subdural Hematoma
۱۶ Natural History and Management Options of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
۱۷ Natural History and Management Options of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
۱۸ Natural History and Management Options of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
۱۹ Natural History and Management Options of Skull Base Chordoma
۲۰ Natural History and Management Options of Chiari 1 Malformation
۲۱ Natural History and Management Options of Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
۲۲ Natural History and Management Options of Cerebral Metastases
۲۳ Natural History and Management Options of Convexity Meningioma
۲۴ Natural History and Management Options of Ruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
۲۵ Natural History and Management Options of Trigeminal Neuralgia
۲۶ Natural History and Management Options of Cerebral Lymphoma
۲۷ Natural History and Management Options of Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus