Continent Country Units Africa Egypt 2 Morocco 1 Australia Australia 1 Asia China 16 India 7 Indonesia 1 Iran 1 Korea 15 Japan 48 Jordan 1 Pakistan 1 Philippines 1…

Study Criteria Recommendations Harrington et al. (1986) [37] Five categories: Based on category: 1. No neurologic dysfunction (1) and (2): nonoperative management 2. Involvement of bone without collapse or instability (3): left…

Fig. 59.1 Intracranial monitoring with grids and strips Based on the results of the neuroimaging studies, patients are divided into those with and without space-occupying lesions. A space-occupying lesion is…

Fig. 24.1 (a) A 5 cm acoustic neuroma prior to resection. The patient presented with tinnitus, hearing loss, and signs of brainstem compression. (b) Postoperative image after a retrosigmoid craniotomy….

Benign meningioma (WHO grade I) Any predominant histology other than clear cell, chordoid, papillary, or rhabdoid Lacks criteria of atypical, brain invasive, and anaplastic meningioma Atypical meningioma (WHO grade II)…

First generation Second generation Third generation Carbamazepine Felbamatea Clobazam Phenytoinb,c Gabapentin Ezogabinea Phenobarbitalb Lamotrigine Lacosamideb,c Primidone Levetiracetamb,c Perampanel Valproateb,c Oxcarbazepine Pregabalinb Tiagabine Rufinamide Topiramate Vigabatrina Zonisamide aUse limited by significant…

Author (year) n Disease Targeting Use of plug Unilateral or bilateral treatment Prescription dose (maximum dose, Gy) Follow-up Effects Complication rate (%) Complication Pan (1996) [8] 8 Parkinson’s disease Based…

Author Patients (lesions) Histology Total dose (range)/No. of fractions (range) Spinal cord dose Follow-up (months) Local control Myelopathy Moss et al. [3] 16 (16) Hemangioblastoma 21 Gy (20–25 Gy)/2 (1–3)…

Fig. 1.1 Henry T. Wycis holding Spiegel–Wycis stereotactic frame with Horsley-Clarke frame on the table. From Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Lozano, Andres M.; Gildenberg, Philip L.; Tasker, Ronald…