Chapter 1 History of vertebral artery surgery
Chapter 2 Embryology of the vertebral artery
Chapter 3 Embryology of the cervical spine and cranio-vertebral junction
Chapter 4 Anatomy of the vertebral artery
Chapter 5 Relation between the cervical nerve roots and the vertebral artery
Chapter 6 The origin of the anterior spinal artery from the vertebral artery: a brief overview of its anatomical variations and initial course
Chapter 7 Anatomical variations
Chapter 8 Non-invasive imaging of the vertebral artery
Chapter 9 Vertebral artery ultrasonography
Chapter 10 Flow monitoring
Chapter 11 Vertebral artery dissections
Chapter 12 The lateral approach to the VI segment of the vertebral artery
Chapter 13 The lateral approach to the V2 segment of the vertebral artery
Chapter 14 Surgical technique for the resection of tumors in relation with the VI and V2 segments of the vertebral artery
Chapter 15 Proximal vertebral artery revascularization
Chapter 16 Indications and technique for microsurgical revascularization of proximal vertebral artery
Chapter 17 The selective microforaminotomy
Chapter 16 Oblique corpectomy
Chapter 19 Oblique corpectomy biomechanics
Chapter 20 Extrinsic compression of the vertebral artery
Chapter 21 Compression by the vertebral artery
Chapter 22 Nonpenetrating and penetrating trauma of the vertebral artery
Chapter 23 Management of vertebral artery trauma
Chapter 24 Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction
Chapter 25 Surgical approaches to the V3 segment of the vertebral artery
Chapter 26 Surgical technique for the resection of tumors in relation with the V3 and V4 segments of the vertebral artery
Chapter 27 Ventral foramen magnum meningiomas: the transcondylar approach
Chapter 28 Foramen magnum meningiomas: posterolateral retrocondylar approach
Chapter 29 Tumors of the occipitocervical junction
Chapter 30 Nontumoral lesions of the craniocervical junction
Chapter 31 Intraaxial lesions of the foramen magnum
Chapter 32 Extrinsic compression Bow hunter’s stroke
Chapter 33 Distal vertebral artery revascularization
Chapter 34 Vascular maFormations: aneurysms and AVFs
Chapter 35 Aneurysms of the vertebral artery
Chapter 36 Endovascular management of vertebral artery disease
Chapter 37 Endovascular treatment of giant vertebrobasilar aneurysms
Chapter 38 Vasculonervous conflicts: anatomy, imaging and surgery
Chapter 39 Craniocervical junction instability after lateral approach of the craniocervical junction
Chapter 40 Fixation techniques of the cervical spine and their relationship to the vertebral artery
Chapter 41 Tumors of the jugular foramen
Chapter 42 The infralabyrinthine trans-sigmoid transjugular approach to the jugular foramen
Chapter 43 Microsurgical management of 150 jugular foramen tumors: advanced cranial base microanatomy and operative results
Chapter 44 The juxtacondylar approach to the jugular foramen
Chapter 45 Complications of surgery around the vertebral artery and their management