First Prize Winner at the 2018 BMA Medical Book Awards! The highly complex specialty of
brainstem surgery requires many years of study a focus on precision and a passionate
dedication to excellence to prepare the neurosurgeon for navigating significant anatomic
challenges. Although the brainstem is technically surgically accessible its highly eloquent
structure demands rigorous surgical decision-making. An in-depth understanding of brainstem and
thalamic anatomy and the safe entry zones used to access critical areas of the brainstem is
essential to traversing the brainstem safely and successfully. This remarkable one-of-a-kind
atlas draws on the senior author's decades of experience performing more than 1 000 surgeries
on the brainstem thalamus basal ganglia and surrounding areas. Its content is organized by
anatomic region enabling readers to study separate subdivisions of the brainstem each of
which has its own unique anatomic and surgical considerations. From cover to cover the atlas
provides readers with technical guidance on approach selection the timing of surgery and
optimization of outcomes-elucidated by more than 1700 remarkable color illustrations
dissections clinical images and line drawings. Key Highlights - Beautifully detailed highly
sophisticated brain slices and dissections by Kaan Yagmurlu who trained under the
internationally renowned neuroanatomist and neurosurgeon Albert Rhoton Jr. - Color
illustrations clearly labeled with callouts and other indicators of foci of interest delineate
multiple safe entry zones to the brainstem - More than 50 detailed patient cases highlight each
patient's history of previous neurological disorders presenting symptoms preoperative imaging
diagnosis the planned surgical approach patient positioning intraoperative and postoperative
imaging and outcome - Seven animations and more than 50 surgical videos elucidate approach
selection anatomy and surgical outcomes of thalamic region and brainstem lesions This
illuminating atlas provides insights into the complexities of the hallowed halls of the
brainstem. Neurosurgeons and neurosurgical residents alike who glean knowledge from the
clinical pearls throughout each section will no doubt become more adept surgeons to the
ultimate benefit of their patients.
