Editors:
- Presents a strategy for spinal cord tumor surgery based on a refined concept of anatomic compartmentalization
- Describes the surgical approach to each anatomic compartment
- Explains how best to preserve spinal cord functions
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book describes and illustrates an approach to surgery for spinal cord tumors that is based on a refined concept of anatomic compartmentalization. The aim of this approach is to enable maximum preservation of spinal cord function through confinement of the surgical work to the involved compartment or compartments. Importantly, this involvement differs according to tumor type, and the classification favored by the author takes this fully into account. After introductory chapters on epidemiology and pathology, the anatomy of the spinal cord relevant to surgery for spinal cord tumors is discussed in detail and the proposed classification is clearly explained. The surgical approach to each of the identified anatomic compartments is then described, with attention to the roles of intraoperative mapping techniques, diffusion tensor imaging, and electrophysiologic studies in ensuring that spinal cord functions are spared. Examples of the author’s experience when applying the proposed approach are presented. The book is meant for neurosurgeons at all levels of experience.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Chun Kee Chung
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surgery of Spinal Cord Tumors Based on Anatomy
Book Subtitle: An Approach Based on Anatomic Compartmentalization
Editors: Chun Kee Chung
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7771-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7770-3Published: 21 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7773-4Published: 22 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7771-0Published: 20 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 186
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosurgery, Oncology, Neuroradiology, Orthopedics