A systematic overview of keyhole approaches for the practicing neurosurgeon. Approaches, strategies, indications and technical details are complemented by anatomical pictures, schemes, and drawings, analyzed with regard to geometric boundaries and the topography of the target structures.
A. Perneczky and R. Reisch, in collaboration with M. Tschabitscher, offer a detailed systematic overview of the different approaches for minimally invasive craniotomies. After a description of the historical development of the particular craniotomy, each chapter illustrates the anatomical construction of the target region and the surgical approach itself with artistic illustrations and photographs of human cadaver dissections. Concentrating on surgical practice, patient positioning, anatomical orientation, the stages of the surgical approach, potential errors with their consequences, and important tips and tricks are discussed in detail, providing instructions for everyday use.
Cookbook for neuroendoscopic procedures
Standardized description of surgical approaches
Large number of color drawings
As a consequence of enormous technological progress in and around modern neurosurgery - preoperative investigation of the exact individual anatomy of the patient, individual planning of the procedure, application of navigation techniques, use of endoscopes and videosurgery, and more – approaches for intracranial microsurgical procedures have become smaller compared to historically standard neurosurgical approaches. Keyhole Approaches in Neurosurgery is a continuation of the previous works "Endoscopic Anatomy for Neurosurgery" and "Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery," which present the operative technical description of the different keyhole approaches based on surgical anatomical examples. The approaches, strategies, indications and technical details described here are complemented by anatomical pictures, schemes, and artists’ illustrations. Each approach is analyzed with regard to its geometric boundaries and the topography of the target structures. The book offers a highly valuable systematic overview of keyhole approaches in the daily work of a neurosurgeon.
Axel Perneczky
Surgery endoscope endoscopy minimally invasive neurosurgery neuronavigation neurosurgery preoperative planning surgical approaches