Awake Craniotomy
Abstract Awake craniotomy is a procedure in which the patient is awake for some period of time to allow for neurological testing. These awake procedures include epilepsy surgery, resection of…
Anesthesia for Functional Neurosurgery
Abstract Functional neurosurgery is a neurosurgical procedure done for alleviating symptoms of various central nervous system disorders that do not have any gross anatomical abnormality. Functional neurosurgery needs a well-coordinated…
Cerebrovascular Disease
Abstract Intracerebral hemorrhage is an important and common cause of stroke, which has the most devastating consequences. Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is the second most common vascular abnormality of the central…
Positioning in Neurosurgery
Abstract The myriad of neurosurgical conditions require different surgical approaches and appropriate patient positioning to reach the desired surgical target. Identifying the optimal approach for each individual patient is a…
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Abstract Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is an acute neurovascular emergency is a type of spontaneous SAH that results from rupture of an intracranial aneurysm. The early and late complications include…
Pituitary Apoplexy
Abstract Pituitary apoplexy is traditionally defined as acute hemorrhagic infarction of the pituitary gland. Although uncommon, it can be a serious condition requiring emergency treatment. In the majority, the pituitary…
Supratentorial Lesions
Abstract The major contribution to the intracranial region is the supratentorial compartment. Consequently, the lesions of this compartment predominate in terms of clinical presentation to a neurological center. Despite the…
Neuroendocrine Lesions
Abstract Pituitary gland is responsible for maintaining the milieu interior of the body. An adenomatous growth of the gland may cause hypo- or hypersecretion of various hormones The disturbance of…
Flow Arrest in Cerebrovascular Surgery
Abstract Certain neurovascular lesions like complex aneurysms are difficult to treat using conventional neurosurgical techniques due to their size, vascular connections, morphology, or inaccessible location. In these cases, the ability…
Neuromonitoring
Abstract Monitoring the cerebrum is a complex phenomenon mainly because a small part of the brain will be controlling a major physiological function and the damage can result in a…
