- Written by experts in the field with extensive individual experience in the surgical and nonsurgical management of these tumors
- Contains a multitude of case examples revealing step-by-step surgical approaches, including specific techniques the authors have found useful and pitfalls to avoid
- Contains chapters dedicated to new age radiosurgical platforms and minimally invasive approaches
- Updates traditional surgical paradigms through the integration of adjuvant therapies and assimilation of the most recent literature
This book presents a focused, case-oriented approach to a specific disease entity: tumors located within the spinal canal.
Each tumor type constitutes its own chapter and additional chapters focus on more novel trends in the field, such as radiosurgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques. In each chapter, the authors provide expert opinions on preoperative goals, intraoperative techniques and decision-making, and postoperative paradigms, including surveillance guidelines and thresholds for initiating adjuvant therapy. The management of intradural tumors has become increasingly interdisciplinary, and one of the major goals of this text is to familiarize the treating neurosurgeon with the latest advances in both operative and non-operative strategies.
The text seeks to answer two questions:
- 1) what are the detailed surgical steps taken by these neurosurgeons to ensure safe maximal resection of these tumors? and
- 2) in cases of residual and recurrent disease, what are the most effective management options?
Consensus regarding definitive management remains difficult to reach given the overall rarity of these tumors.
Tumors of the Spinal Canal is ultimately a practical reference drawn from the experiences of its individual authors, a compendium of surgical pearls, pitfalls, and preferences, all steeped in the most recent and relevant literature on the subject.
Table of ContentsPart I : Extramedullary Tumors- 1 – Schwannoma
- 2 – Meningioma
- 3 - Myxopapillary Ependymoma and Rare Tumors
Part II : Intramedullary Tumors- 4 - Ependymoma
- 5 – Astrocytoma
- 6 - Hemangioblastoma
- 7 – Metastases
Part III : Adjuvant Treatment- 8 - Radiation for Extramedullary Tumors
- 9 – Radiation for Intramedullary Tumors
Part IV : New Age Surgical Approaches- 10 - Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intradural Tumors
