Editors: Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, William Omar Contreras Lopez, Jorge Felipe Ramirez Leon, Alvaro Dowling, Morgan P. Lorio

Series Title: Neuroendoscopy and Interventional Pain Medicine

Endoscopy and Fetoscopy Techniques for the Brain and Neuroaxis

Volume 2

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ISBN: 978-981-5274-50-9 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5274-49-3 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2024
DOI: 10.2174/9789815274493124020001

Introduction

Neuroendoscopy and Interventional Pain Medicine is a clinically focused medical monograph series. With contributions from a team of internationally recognized neurosurgeons and spinal surgery specialists, the series aims to illuminate the latest advancements in minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques and pain management. Each volume offers invaluable insights into the future of minimally invasive treatments in this medical subspecialty.

Endoscopy and Fetoscopy Techniques for the Brain and Neuroaxis is the second of the monograph series. The book covers advanced endoscopic techniques for brain and spinal surgeries. Topics include visualization of the brain, endoscopic approaches to the sellar region, fetoscopy treatments for myelomeningocele, and methods for cancer pain relief. It also discusses endoscopic correction of craniosynostosis in children, complications like autonomic dysreflexia, and the importance of identifying the Adamkiewicz system in spinal procedures.

Key Features

  • - Covers a wide range of topics in neuroendoscopy and interventional pain medicine
  • - Emphasizes evidence-based approaches to treatment
  • - Offers clinical perspectives from expert surgeons
  • - Includes scientific references for researchers and advanced learners

It is an essential resource for readers who need to enhance their understanding of the latest technological advancements in neuroendoscopy and interventional pain medicine and apply these innovative techniques to improve patient outcomes.

Readership

This book is designed for a broad audience, including interventionalists, surgeons, medical students, healthcare professionals, and policy-makers involved in the care of patients with degenerative conditions of the neuroaxis.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona and
Surgical Institute of Tucson, Tucson, AZ, USA


William Omar Contreras Lopez
Clínica Foscal Internacional
Autopista Floridablanca - Girón, Km 7, Floridablanca
Santander, Colombia


Jorge Felipe Ramirez Leon
Fundación Universitaria Sanitas
Bogota, D.C., Colombia


Alvaro Dowling
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Director of Endoscopic Spine
Clinic􀀃Santiago, Chile


Morgan P. Lorio
Advanced Orthopedics, 499 East Central Parkway
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701, USA




Contributor(s):
Alberto Di Somma
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences
Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences,
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Napoles
Italy


Alberto G. Prats
Laboratory of Surgical Neuroanatomy
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain


Anthony Yeung
Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix, AZ, USA


Benedikt Burkhardt
Wirbelsäulenzentrum / Spine Center – WSC
Hirslanden Klinik Zürich
Witellikerstrasse 408032 Zurich
Switzerland


Claudio Rivas-Palacios
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Napoleon Franco Pareja Children's Hospital (Child’s House)
Cartagena
Colombia
/
Center of Biomedical Research (CIB),
Faculty of Medicine, University of Cartagena,
Cartagena,
Colombia


Cristóbal Abello Munárriz
Centro Médico CEDIUL
CEDIFETAL
Barranquilla
Colombia


Edgar G. Ordóñez-Rubiano
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de San José – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Los Mártires, Bogotá
Cundinamarca
Colombia


Elvira Puello F.
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Napoleon Franco Pareja Children's Hospital (Child’s House),
Cartagena,
Colombia
/
Faculty of Medicine,
University El Sinu,
Cartagena,
Colombia


Ernesto Luis Carvallo Cruz
Department Chief of Neurological Surgery
Hospital Vargas de Caracas
Caracas 1010
Venezuela


Erich Talamoni Fonoff
Division of Functional Neurosurgery of Institute of Psychiatry
Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo Medical School
São Paulo
Br


Ezequiel García-Ballestas
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Napoleon Franco Pareja Children's Hospital (Child’s House),
Cartagena,
Colombia
/
Center of Biomedical Research (CIB),
Faculty of Medicine, University of Cartagena,
Cartagena,
Colombia
/
Latinamerican Council of Neurocritical Care (CLaNI), Bogota, Colombia


Guido Parra Anaya
Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia
División de Medicina Maternofetal, Clínica General del Norte
Barranquilla
Colombia


Javier G. Patiño-Gómez
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de San José – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Los Mártires, Bogotá
Cundinamarca
Colombia


Jezid Miranda Quintero
Departamento de Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina
Grupo de Investigación en Cuidado Intensivo y Obstetricia (GRICIO), Universidad de Cartagena
Cartagena de Indias
Colombia


Jordi Rumià
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain


Jose Pineda
Laboratory of Surgical Neuroanatomy
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain


Joachim Oertel
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
Neurochirurgische Klinik, Gebäude 90
Kirrberger Straße, 66421 Homburg (Saar)
Germany


Jorge Felipe Ramírez León
Minimally Invasive Spine Center
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
/
Reina Sofía Clinic
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
/
Fundación Universitaria Sanitas
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia


Juan David Hernandez
Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología
Departamento Anestesiología, Clínica General del Norte
Barranquilla
Colombia


Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona and Surgical Institute of Tucson
Tucson, AZ
USA
/
Departmemt of Orthopaedics
Fundación Universitaria Sanitas
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
/
Department of Neurosurgery in the Video-Endoscopic Postgraduate Program at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil


Leonardo Domínguez
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Napoleon Franco Pareja Children's Hospital (Child’s House)
Cartagena
Colombia
/
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Cartagena
Cartagena
Colombia


Marco Moscatelli
Clinica NeuroLife
Natal, RN
Brazil


Mario M. Barbosa
Trauma and Emergency Epidemiology Research Group
University of Valle
Cali
Colombia


María Andrea Escobar
Faculty of Medicine
Rafael Nuñez University
Cartagena
Colombia
/
Department of Arts and Humanities
International University of Valencia
Valencia
Spain


Miguel Parra Saavedra
Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia
División de Medicina Maternofetal, Clínica General del Norte
Barranquilla
Colombia
/
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Barranquilla
Colombia


Morgan P. Lorio
Advanced Orthopedics, 499 East Central Parkway
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
USA


Nadin J. Abdalá-Vargas
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de San José – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Los Mártires, Bogotá
Cundinamarca
Colombia


Nicolás Rincón Arias
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de San José – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Los Mártires, Bogotá
Cundinamarca
Colombia


Oscar Zorro
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital de San José – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Los Mártires, Bogotá
Cundinamarca
Colombia


Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho
Pain and Spine Minimally Invasive Surgery Service at Gaffre e Guinle University Hospital
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil


Pedro Roldán
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Barcelona
Barcelona
Spain


Peter Winkler
Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg
Strubergasse 21
5020 Salzburg
Austria


René O. Varela
Department of Neurosurgery
Universidad del Valle, Instituto Neurológico del Pacífico
Valle del Cauca
Colombia


Roth A.A. Vargas
Department of Neurosurgery
Foundation Hospital Centro Médico Campinas
Campinas SP
Brazil


Stefan Landgraeber
Universitätsdes Saarlandes
Klinik für Neurochirurgie
Kirrberger Straße 100, 66421 Homburg
Germany


William Omar Contreras López
Clínica Foscal Internacional
Autopista Floridablanca - Girón, Km 7
Floridablanca, Santander
Colombia