Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle

Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this book remains the gold standardguide to the surgical treatment ofdiseases in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), the fragile areaof the skull base that Harvey Cushing famously described as"the bloody angle."This edition combines current information on the relevantclinical diseases of the CPA with dramatically improved surgicalmanagement of its diseases, arranged in five thematic sections. The first section presents the basis and rationale for treatment, including historical perspectives, microsurgical anatomy, relevant radiology and neurology. Part two is composed of chapters on surgical approaches, and parts three and four provide detailed descriptions of surgical management techniques for vestibular schwannomas and non schwannomatous lesions, respectively. The final section provides 21 distinct clinical cases with associated video segments, demonstrating the approaches and techniques in real time. With images courtesy of the renownedBarrow Neurological Institute,Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle, Second Edition is a boon resource forexpert specialists in neurosurgery, neurotology, neuroradiology,otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and endovascularsurgery.