Microsurgery of the Spinal Cord and Surrounding Structures

Book excerpt: Like the author's previous publications - "Atlas of the Department of Radiodiagnostics, University of Topographical Anatomy of the Brain and Surround Freiburg; Prof. Dr. K. Kendel, Director of the Neu ing Structures" (1978) and "Microsurgery of the rological Clinic, District Hospital Lahr, and his col Brain" (1980) - this book is based on over ten league Dr. G. Reinshagen; Prof. Dr. J. Dichgans, years' experience in microsurgery in addition to Director of the Department of General Neurology, more than ten year's experience in the performance University of Tiibingen; and Prof. Dr. K. Voigt, Di of macrosurgical operations in the region of the rector of the Department of Neuroradiology, Uni spine and spinal cord. versity of Tiibingen, for undertaking a considerable The author is indebted to Prof. G. Ya{sect}argil for en amount of the diagnostic work in the clinical cases couragement in carrying out intramedullary opera described in this book. Apart from a few excep tions. Discussions with R.B. Cloward and study of tions, mentioned in the course of the book, myelo his well-known publications provided important ini grams and recently also computertomograms in tiatives in relation to the adoption of microsurgical cases of spinal disease were carried out mainly in dimensions in ventral approaches to the craniospinal these departments. As in the previous volumes, the junction and to the cervical spine, although the ac topographical anatomical examinations were sup tual fusion procedures are - just as orthopaedic ported by Prof. Dr. J.