Series Editor’s Preface.
I am delighted to introduce this volume of Neurosurgery by Example: Key Cases and Fundamental Principles. Neurosurgical training and practice are based on managing a wide range of complex clinical cases with expert knowledge, sound judgment, and skilled technical execution. Our goal in this series is to present exemplary cases in the manner they are actually encountered in the neurosurgical clinic, hospital emergency department, and operating room. In this volume, Dr. Jim Harrop, Dr. Christopher Maulucci, and their contributors share their extensive wisdom and experience with all major areas of spinal neurosurgery. Each chapter contains a classic presentation of an important clinical entity, guiding readers through assessment and planning, decision-making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management. "Pivot points" illuminate the changes required to manage patients in alternate or atypical situations.
