Keyhole Approaches in Neurosurgery: Volume I Concept and surgical technique

As a consequence of the enormous technological progress in and around modern neurosurgery – such as preoperative investigation of the exact individual anatomy of the patient, individual planning of the procedure, application of navigation techniques, use of endoscopes and videosurgery – approaches for intracranial microsurgical procedures have become smaller in comparison to historically standard neurosurgical approaches.

Keyhole Approaches in Neurosurgery is a continuation of the previous works "Endoscopic Anatomy for Neurosurgery" and "Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery," which present the operative technical description of the different keyhole approaches based on surgical anatomical examples. The approaches, strategies, indications and technical details described here are complemented by anatomical pictures, schemes, and artists’ illustrations. Each approach is analyzed with regard to its geometric boundaries and the topography of the target structures. The book offers a highly valuable systematic overview of keyhole approaches in the daily work of a neurosurgeon.