Practical Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

• Utgivningsdatum: 2007-04-01
• Mått: 216 x 279 x 20 mm
• Vikt: 1 193 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: PLURAL PUBLISHING
• Antal sidor: 228
• Förlag: Plural Publishing Inc
• ISBN: 9781597560603

• Neurokirurgi

Vijay Anand, M.D. Vijay K. Anand, M.D. graduated from the University of Madras, India and completed his residency at the Jewish Memorial Hospital, the Misericordia-Lincoln Hospital, New York Medical College, and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York. He is currently Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, and Director of Postgraduate education in Rhinology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, as well as serving as an attending surgeon at The New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Center, New York; The Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Vincents Hospital & Medical Center, New York, and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York. A former President of the American Rhinologic Society, he is an active participant and member of leading ORL-H&NS societies and has published widely in Rhinology and Sinus surgery. Theodore Schwartz, M.D. Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D. received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. Dr. Schwartz specializes in image-guided minimally invasive surgical techniques such as stereotaxis, endoscopy and intraoperative MRI, and has received numerous awards and fellowships including the prestigious van Wagenen Fellowship, awarded by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the von Humboldt Fellowship, awarded by the German Government. Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Director of Brain Tumor, Epilepsy and Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery. He is also the director of a research laboratory investigating novel techniques for imaging and treating epilepsy, which is funded by several private organizations as well as the National Institutes of Health.

"...Illustrations include color drawings, radiography, and operative pictures, which are often presented simultaneously to facilitate understanding...This is a novel and useful consolidation of the experiences of many pioneers in an evolving field. It forms a solid basis to address current challenges, and will ultimately aid in the proliferation of minimally invasive skull base surgery." -- Rakesh Chandra, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine -------------------- "The authors and editors of this text admirably review their individual experiences with anterior endoscopic skull base approaches." -- Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD "A superb compendium on the current status of this emerging specialty. This volume is beautifully illustrated with excellent artwork and extraordinarily clear endoscopic photographs and imaging studies." --Jatin P. Shah, MD FACS, HonFRCS(Edin), HonFRACS, HonFDSRCS(London)

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