Neurotrauma

Dr. Christopher J. Madden, MD, is a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He served for many years as the Chief of Neurosurgery at Parkland Hospital and has been actively involved in brain injury trials and research over the last two decades.Dr. Jack Jallo, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurotrauma, Vicechair of the Department of Neurosurgery, and Executive Director of Critical Care for Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, PA. His research and academic work has focused and the management of traumatic brain injury.

Neurosurgery By Example: Neurotrauma has great value in its case-based format and in following the process of each step of patient care, starting with initial evaluation and early treatment and going through complication management. It demonstrates the importance of using literature- and guidelinebased protocols but, perhaps more importantly, knowing when it is appropriate to deviate from these pathways to best serve each patient.

• 1. Medical Management of Elevated Intracranial PressureCourtney Pendleton and Jack Jallo 2. Surgical Treatment of Raised Intracranial PressureMohamed A. Zaazoue and Richard B. Rodgers 3. Acute Subdural HematomaBenjamin McGahan, Nathaniel Toop, Varun Shah, and John McGregor 4. Chronic Subdural HematomaNathaniel Toop, Benjamin McGahan, Varun Shah, and John McGregor 5. Epidural Hematoma Lydia Kaoutzani and Martina Stippler 6. Injury to the Dural Venous SinusesTarek Y. El Ahmadieh, Christopher J. Madden, and Shelly D. Timmons 7. Traumatic Intracerebral ContusionsIlyas Eli, Mitchell Couldwell, and Craig H. Rabb 8. Diffuse Axonal InjuryHussein A. Zeineddine, Cole T. Lewis, and Ryan S. Kitagawa 9. ConcussionAmy A. Mathews and Kathleen R. Bell 10. Calvarial Vault FracturesPhilip A. Villanueva and Erin Graves 11. Traumatic Anterior Cranial Fossa CSF LeaksOmaditya Khanna, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, Hermes Garcia, Richard F. Schmidt, James J. Evans, and Christopher J. Farrell 12. Management of Temporal Bone FracturesHongzhao Ji and Brandon Isaacson 13. Orbital TraumaAaron Plitt, Ben Kafka, Tarek El Ahmadieh, and Christopher Madden 14. Blunt Cervical Vascular InjuryAaron R. Plitt, Benjamin Kafka, and Kim Rickert 15. Blunt Intracranial Cerebrovascular InjuryBenjamin Kafka, Aaron R. Plitt, and Kim Rickert 16. Seizures in the Setting of TraumaSara Hefton 17. Evaluation and Management of Frontal Sinus FracturesGeoffrey Peitz, Mark A. Miller, Gregory W. J. Hawryluk, and Ramesh Grandhi 18. Penetrating Brain InjuriesZachary L. Hickman and Konstantinos Margetis 19. Management of Gunshot Wounds to the HeadBizhan Aarabi 20. Management of Complex Scalp InjuriesThana N. Theofanis and Patrick Greaney 21. Occipital Condyle FracturesEvan Fitchett, Fadi Alsaiegh, and Jack Jallo 22. Multimodality Monitoring in Severe Traumatic Brain InjuryAbdelhakim Khellaf, Peter J. A. Hutchinson, and Adel Helmy