Surgery of Cerebellopontine Lesions

This book covers the entire spectrum of cerebellopontine angle lesions, from the most common to the rarest. All aspects are considered, including biological and radiological characteristics, neurological presentation, diagnosis, treatment options and follow-up care. The main focus, however, is on surgical management, which is presented in detail with the aid of numerous figures and images documenting technical particularities. Emphasis is placed on an individualized approach tailored to the particular tumor type and extension pattern. Both novice and experienced surgeons will find the book to be an invaluable source of information and guidance.

It will enable neurosurgeons in the initial years of training to understand and become familiar with the main steps in surgical management while simultaneously providing their senior colleagues with details and technical tips that will help to improve treatment results.

Review

Madjiid Samii is currently President of the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany, President of the China International Neuroscience Institute at the Capital Medical University, Beijing, China and President of the Iran International Neuroscience Institute at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He was Director of the Neurosurgical Clinic at Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, from 1977 to 2002 and Chair of Neurosurgery at the Medical School of Hannover from 1988.

In 1992, he was elected as President of the International Skull Base Society (ISNS) and President of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies. He also served as President of the German Society of Neurosurgery from 1996 to 1998. Professor Samii is author of 15 neurosurgical books, numerous book chapters and more than 500 publications on peripheral nerves, spinal tumors and syringomyelia, skull base pathology, brain tumors and cranial nerve disorders. He has given more than 1000 lectures as invited and/or honoured guest of numerous national and international congresses.

Venelin M. Gerganov is an associate professor and attending neurosurgeon at the International Neuroscience Institute in Hannover, Germany. He has been trained at the Neurosurgical Department of Sofia Medical University and then in Hannover under Professor Madjid Samii. His scientific and clinical interests are skull base surgery, endoscopy, intraoperative and functional imaging and neurooncology. Dr. Gerganov is author of 25 book chapters and more than 40 scientific articles in journals, referenced in Pubmed.