Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade - Cranial

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurological Surgery, Childrens Hospital San Diego, CA

• General and Advanced Cranial ApproachesAnterior Fossa and Convexity1 Convexity and Parasagittal Approaches2 Pterional Craniotomy3 Frontal and Bifrontal Craniotomy4 Modified One-Piece Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy5 Interhemispheric Transcallosal Transchoroidal Approach to the Third Ventricle6 Eyebrow ApproachMiddle Fossa7 Temporal Approach8 Subtemporal Craniotomy Approach9 Combined Anterior and Posterior PetrosectomyPosterior Fossa10 Translabyrinthine Approach11 Presigmoid Craniotomy12 Retrosigmoid Approach13 Lateral Suboccipital Craniotomy14 Far Lateral and Extreme Far Lateral Approaches to the Craniocervical Junction15 Midline Suboccipital Infratentorial CraniotomyIntracranial Tumor NeurosurgeryGlioma16 Glioma Resection17 Glioblastoma18 Supratentorial Glioma19 Oligodendroglioma20 Low-Grade Gliomas21 Insular Gliomas22 Optic Pathway Gliomas23 Hypothalamic Gliomas24 Brainstem GliomasMeningioma25 Meningiomas: General Surgical Management26 Convexity Meningiomas27 Parasagittal Meningioma28 Torcular Meningiomas29 Tentorial Meningiomas30 Olfactory Groove and Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas31 Orbital Meningioma32 Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas33 Petroclival Meningiomas34 Clinoidal Meningiomas35 Cavernous Sinus MeningiomasIntraventricular Tumors36 Lateral Ventricular Tumors37 Third Ventricular Tumors38 Transvermian Approach to Fourth Ventricular Tumors39 Telovelar Approach to Fourth Ventricular Tumors40 Ependymoma41 Choroid Plexus Tumors42 Central NeurocytomaPosterior Fossa and Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors43 Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors44 Vestibular Schwannoma45 Epidermoid and Dermoid Tumors46 Foramen Magnum Tumors47 Paraganglioma (Glomus Jugulare Tumors)48 HemangioblastomaOther Skull Base Tumor Approaches49 Pineal Region Tumors: Occipital Transtentorial Approach50 Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach to the Pineal RegionTumors with Bony Involvement of the Skull51 Clival Chordomas: Lateral Approaches52 Chordoma53 Ossifying Fibromas and Fibrous DysplasiasMetastatic Tumors54 Ethesioneuroblastoma (Olfactory Neuroblastoma)55 Primary CNS Lymphoma56 Metastatic Disease of the BrainSellar and Parasellar Tumors57 Pituitary Adenomas and the Transphenoidal Approach58 Cranial Approaches to Sellar and Parasellar TumorsEndoscopic Neurosurgery59 Endonasal Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach to the Sellae60 Endoscopic Approach to Craniopharyngioma61 Expanded Endonasal Approaches to Nonpituitary Tumors62 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy63 Endoscopic Aqueductoplasty64 Skull Base Reconstruction and Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks after Endonasal ApproachesCerebrovascular SurgeryAneurysm Surgery65 Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Surgical Repair66 Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping67 Carotid Termination Aneurysms68 Clinoidal and Infraclinoid Carotid Aneurysms69 Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysms70 Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms71 Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms72 Pericallosal Artery Aneurysm (Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysms)73 Subtemporal Approach to Basilar Tip Aneurysms74 Anterior Petrosectomy Approach to Retrosellar and Upper Clival Basilar Aneurysms75 Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms76 Vertebral Artery Aneurysms: Far Lateral Approach77 Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms78 Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysms79 Surgical Management of Giant Intracranial AneurysmsVascular Disease and Malformation Surgery80 Surgical Management of Acute Carotid Occlusion81 Cavernous Malformation (Supratentorial)82 Cavernous Malformation (Infratentorial)83 Resection of Cortical Arteriovenous Malformations84 Resection of Deep Arteriovenous Malformations85 Extracranial to Intracranial Arterial Bypass: Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery86 Indirect Revascularization Techniques: Encephalomyosynangiosis87 Surgical Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage88 Approaches to Cerebral Veins and Dural SinusesExtracranial Vascular Surgery89 Carotid Endarterectomy90 Exposure of the Vertebral Artery: Lateral ApproachesEndovascular Techniques91 Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm92 Endovascular Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain93 Endovascular Treatment of Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas94 Endovascular Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas95 Endovascular Treatment of Vein of Galen (VOG) Malformations96 Endovascular Treatment of Carotid Occlusion97 Endovascular Management of Extranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Aneurysms and Dissections98 Balloon Test Occlusion for the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries99 Cerebral Balloon Angioplasty for Vasospasm100 Angioplasty of the Extracranial Carotid Artery and Other Extracranial Locations101 Liquid Embolization of Vascular LesionsCranial Trauma Neurosurgery102 Supratentorial Extraaxial Hematoma Evacuation103 Acute Subdural Hematoma104 Chronic Subdural Hematomas105 Intraparenchymal Hematoma106 Posterior Fossa Decompression for Extraaxial and Intraaxial Cerebellar Hematoma107 Decompressive Craniectomy108 Projectile Head Injuries109 Craniofacial Reconstruction for Trauma110 External Ventricular Drain and Ventricular Access Devices111 Intracranial Pressure BoltCranial Infections112 Infected Bone Flap113 Subdural Empyema114 Cerebral Abscess115 NeurocysticercosisStereotactic NeurosurgeryStereotactic Operative Procedures116 Frame-Based Stereotactic Brain Biopsy117 Frameless Stereotactic Brain BiopsyStereotactic Radiosurgical Procedures118 Image-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery119 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery120 Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Tumors121 Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Arteriovenous Malformation122 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Functional, Pain, and Other DisordersFunctional NeurosurgeryEpilepsy/Movement Disorder123 Temporal Lobectomy124 Amygdalohippocampectomy125 Corpus Callosotomy for Intractable Epilepsy126 Hemispherotomy127 Vagal Nerve Stimulation128 Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders129 Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy130 Cortical Mapping during Awake Craniotomy for EpilepsyPain/Spasticity Management131 Motor Cortex Stimulation for Intractable Pain132 Percutaneous Lesioning: Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia133 Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal NeuralgiaPediatric Cranial SurgeryCerebrospinal Fluid Diversion134 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt135 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Revision136 Ventriculoatrial Shunt137 Ventriculopleural Shunts138 Syringosubarachnoid and Syringopleural Shunts139 Shunt Externalization140 Management of Dandy-Walker MalformationCranial Malformations and Neoplasms141 Repair of Pediatirc Encephaloceles (Basal Encephaloceles)142 Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis143 Syndromic Craniosynostosis144 Sagittal Craniosynostosis145 Coronal Synostosis146 Metopic Craniosynostosis147 Lambdoid Synostosis148 Endoscopic Correction of Craniosynostosis149 Posterior Fossa Approach for Tumor Resection150 Temporal Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration151 Congenital Central Nervous System Tumors