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The Microsurgical Approaches to the Target Areas of the Brain

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Seeger

    1. Department of General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery of the Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Freiburg i. Br., Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-VIII
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  2. General Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Locations on Skull, Brain, and Surface of the Head

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 2-7

    3. Definition of Trepanations Dependent from Target Areas

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 8-53

    4. Special Aspects of MRI

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 54-108

  3. Special Planning Strategies and Microsurgical Operative Procedures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Frontal Target Areas with Aspects of Suprasellar Approaches

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 112-125

    3. Pterional Target Areas (Details)

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 126-151

    4. Clinical Sample of a Frontobasal Frontomedial Approach with Alternative Pterional Approach for the Same Target Area: Olfactory Groove Meningeoma

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 152-175

    5. Temporal Target Areas

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 176-195

    6. Temporobasal Approaches

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 196-221

    7. Dorsal Midline Approaches

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 222-287

    8. Intracerebellar Target Areas

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 288-307

    9. Target Areas 4th Ventricle (Figs. 131 to 138)

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 308-325

    10. Lateral Extracerebral Infratentorial Target Areas

      • Wolfgang Seeger
      Pages 326-337

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 339-352
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About this book

Preface Drawings and scripts were selected from those tion of the operative routes and their alternatives which were produced by the author in the last for well-defined anatomical target areas alone. This three years to help educate young neurosurgeons viewpoint becomes more and more important, be­ in Freiburg and in other clinics. cause today there is no anatomical structure of the This programm for education may be managed in 2 brain which cannot be approached with a minimal steps: risk for surviving the operation. But more and more - Learning techniques for performing of trepana­ the risk for neurologicalor psychological postopera­ tions from opening of the skin onto dura incision tive complications will rise if the anatomical and (step 1) neurophysiological knowledge is insufficient. These - Learning of techniques for routine operations viewpoints are most important in operations at the (e. g. , for extirpation of gliomas of cerebral lobes) cranial base and operations transcrossing midline (step 2) structures of the brain. An intensive anatomical - Learning of techniques for operative approach es training helps to understand MRI before opera­ in problematic areas of the cranial and cerebral tion. Often the modern MRI demonstrates more base and of the midline, especially for the often anatomical details than the unexperienced neurosur­ performed operations, e. g. for basal meningeo­ geon has understood.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of General Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery of the Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Freiburg i. Br., Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang Seeger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Microsurgical Approaches to the Target Areas of the Brain

  • Authors: Wolfgang Seeger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3081-0

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-3081-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 352

  • Number of Illustrations: 243 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosurgery, Neurosciences

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