Complications in Neurosurgery

Professor Keki E. Turel graduated from Grant Medical College and J.J Group of Hospitals, one of the oldest in Mumbai and India. He got his P.G degree (Masters in Surgery) in neurosurgery in 1975, FABCNS [Fellow (Diplomate) of the American Board of Clinical Neurological Surgery, USA] in 1991, FAANaOS [Fellow (Diplomate) of the American Academy [Board] of Neurological & Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery, USA] in 1991, and was bestowed with Honorary FRCS (Edinburgh) without examination in 2002. He is former Head (1994-2011) and current Professor Emeritus of the Department of Neurosurgery of the Bombay Hospital (Mumbai, India). He is past President of the Asian Oceanian Skull Base Society (1997-1999), Bombay Neurosciences Association (2007-2008), of which he was the founder in 2002, Madjid Samii Conference of International Neurosurgeons (2007-2009), Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica (2009-2011), Neurological Society of India (2011-2012). He remains the President of Skull Base Trustof India, since its inception in 1998. He organized landmark conferences in Mumbai while presiding over those associations and was Chairman and Organizer of the first ever ‘International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery’ (March 3-5, 2017).Dr. Mikhail F. Chernov has completed his medical education and neurosurgical training in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2000 he had international fellowship of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in the Department of Neurosurgery of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX, USA). From 2000 he had studying and currently working in Tokyo Women’s Medical University (Tokyo, Japan) holding position of Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Advanced Techno-Surgery. He is author of >100 scientific papers, and editor of the Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement Volume 116 “Gamma Knife Neurosurgery in the Management of Intracranial Disorders” and Progress in Neurological Surgery Volumes 30-32 “Intracranial Gliomas.” Hewas Executive Director of the Asian Gamma Knife Academy (2013-2016), Board Member and Co-chair of the Education Committee of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (2015-2019), and member of the Radiosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Socieites (from 2017 up to date).Dr. Hrishikesh Sarkar completed residency from one of the premier neurosurgical institute in Asia - Christian Medical College and Hospital (Vellore, India). He had fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery in Hirslanden Klinik (Zurich, Switzerland) and a brief training in neuromodulation in Karolinska University (Stockholm, Sweden). He has publications in leading indexed, peer reviewed, national/international neurosurgery journals and contributed to CME textbooks of Neurological Society of India. He is currently working as Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India. He was Co-Organizer of the first ever ‘International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery’ (March 3-5, 2017).

• 1.Surgical Complexity and Complications: The Need for A Common Language.- 2.Different Approaches in Skull Base Surgery Carry Risks for Different Types of Complications.- 3.Major Carotid Injury During Skull Base Surgery.- 4.Surgical Strategy in Modification of Transpetrosal Approach to Avoid Postoperative Venous Complications: A Report of 74 Consecutive Cases.- 5.Arterial Injury During Dissection of a Craniopharyngioma via the Pterional Approach: Case Report.- 6.Catastrophic Outcome Following Apparently Trivial Sinus Injury in Tentorial Meningioma.- 7.Postoperative Intra- or Peritumoral Hematoma after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection.- 8.Enhance the Safety in Aneurysm Surgery: Strategies for Prevention of Intraoperative Vascular Complications.- 9.Management of Intraoperative Ruptures of Aneurysms: Agony and Ecstasy.- 10.Complication in Aneurysm Surgery: M2 Tear at Neck Managed With Salvage M2 to M2 In Situ Bypass.- 11.Complications of Endovascular and Open Aneurysm Surgery in the Eraof Flow Diversion.- 12.Endovascular Management of Basilar Artery Pseudoaneurysm Resulted from Iatrogenic Injury During Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.- 13.Complications of Minimally Invasive Neuroendoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhages.- 14.Surgery for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Avoidance of Pitfalls and Complications.- 15.Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation.- 16.Retained Cottonoids after Craniotomy: Causes and Ways to Avoid It.- 17.Complication Avoidance Using Intraoperative Ultrasound.- 18.Complication Avoidance in Spine Surgery.- 19.Vertebral Artery Management in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery.- 20.Complications of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.- 21.Wrong Level Spinal Surgery.- 22.Vascular Injury During Lumbar Disc Surgery.- 23.Managing Complications Related to Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Selected Illustrative Cases.- 24.Intratumoral Hemorrhage after Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases.- 25.Radiotherapy-Induced Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Brain TumorSurvivors: Burden and Rehabilitation.- 26.The Hawthorne Effect: Quality and Outcomes in Neurosurgery.- 27.Complications in Neurosurgery: General Ethical Principles for Minimizing Them and Subsequent Legal Action.- 28.Preventing Medicolegal Problems in Neurosurgical Practice: Do’s and Don’ts.

“The book provides a comprehensive guide to a neurosurgeon who wishes to brush up on the  potential complications and how to avoid them for a procedure in the future … . The wide variety of procedures and complications covered as well as the list of experienced authors from all over the world are the strongest aspects of this book. ... I enjoyed reading the book and would have no hesitation in recommending it to the readers of the BJNS.” (Nitin Mukerji, British Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 38 (2), 2024)“In the book Complications in Neurosurgery, Editors Turel, Chernov, and Sarkar skillfully illustrate the plethora of complications associated with neurosurgical procedures with lessons in complication avoidance and management. The editors and authors are commended for attacking an important topic with an armamentarium of thoughtfulness, logic, and objectivity through experts depicting their first-hand experience. ... This book provides a great foundation in complication management that is applicable to neurosurgeons at all experience levels.” (Abhijith R. Bathini and Joshua Bakhsheshian, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 184, April, 2024)