Neurocritical Care Management of the Neurosurgical Patient

SECTION 1: Neuroanesthesia and Perioperative Care

1 Effects of Anesthetics, Operative Pharmacotherapy, and Recovery from Anesthesia

2 Patient Positioning for Neurosurgical Procedures

3 Anesthetic Considerations for Craniotomy

4 Perioperative Anesthetic and ICU Considerations for Spinal Surgery

5 Anesthetic Considerations for Endovascular Neurosurgery

6 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring for Specific Neurosurgical Procedures

7 Intraoperative Catastrophes

SECTION 2: Craniotomy

VASCULAR NEUROSURGERY

8 Carotid Endarterectomy

9 Aneurysm Surgery

10 Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

11 Cavernous Malformations

12 Bypass Surgeries for Moyamoya Disease

13 Evacuation of Intracerebral Hemorrhages

14 Pituitary Surgery

15 Meningiomas

16 Gliomas

17 Tumors of the Lateral Ventricle and the Pineal Region

18 Skull-Base Tumors

19 Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors

20 Infratentorial and Cerebellar Tumors

21 Postoperative Management Following Craniotomy for Resection of Metastatic Lesions

EPILEPSY SURGERY

22 Standard Temporal Lobectomy

23 Postoperative Care of the Epilepsy Patient with Invasive Monitoring

FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

24 Deep Brain Stimulation

RADIOSURGERY

25 Stereotactic Radiosurgery

TRAUMA NEUROSURGERY

26 Hemorrhagic Mass Lesions

27 Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury

28 Depressed Skull and Facial Fractures

29 Decompressive Craniectomy for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

SECTION 3: Spinal Surgery

30 Spine Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury

31 Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery Complications

32 Posterior Approaches to the Spine

33 Transthoracic and Transabdominal Approaches to the Spine

SECTION 4: Endovascular Neurosurgery

34 Carotid and Intracranial Stent Placement

35 Endovascular Management of Intracranial Aneurysms

36 Arteriovenous Malformation and Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Embolization

37 Acute Stroke Management

38 Tumor Embolization

39 Spinal Vascular Lesions

SECTION 5: Intracranial Monitors and Special Procedures

40 Shunt Placement and Management

41 Placement and Complications of Intracranial Monitors and Lumbar Drains

42 Management of Flaps

43 Combined and Specialty Surgery: Otolaryngology, Plastics

44 Management of Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries

SECTION 6: Specific Intensive Care Unit Complications

45 Delayed Emergence after Neurosurgery

46 Management of Postoperative Hemorrhage

47 Management of Postoperative Intracranial Hypertension

48 Management of Postoperative Stroke

49 Management of Postoperative Seizures

50 Postoperative Neurosurgical Infections