- Presents new trends in minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS)
- Promotes reconstruction, restoration and rehabilitation
- Supported by the Neurorehabilitation and Reconstruction Committee of the WFNS
Skull-base surgery is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure, which involves the surgeon inserting instruments through the natural openings in the skull-the nose or mouth-or by making a small hole just above the eyebrow.
This type of surgery requires a team of specialists, which may include ENT (ear, nose, and throat), maxillofacial and neurosurgeons, as well as radiologists. The craniovertebral junction (CVJ) has a unique anatomical bone and neurovascular structure, which not only separates the subaxial cervical spine but also provides a special cranial flexion, extension and axial rotation pattern. As such, a sound knowledge of the basic principles of spine instrumentation and the region's kinematics are essential when it comes to strategic preoperative planning.
Skull-base, craniovertebral junction, spine demolitive and reconstructive surgery, neuromodulation, bioengineering and transplantation are recent tools used to improve reconstruction, restoration and rehabilitation - three key words central to the core aim of the Neurorehabilitation and Reconstruction Committee of the WFNS, which is to promte mechanical morphological and functional restoration.
Contents Overview- Skull base embryology.-
- anatomy.-
- physiology.-
- neuroradiology.-
- neurophysiology.-
- oncology.-
- inflammation.-
- deformities.-
- trauma surgical approaches in the cadaver lab and in operating theatre realted to all the special conditions.
