Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery Improving Result

This volume describes the most relevant and cutting-edge technological news on the complex surgical procedure of acoustic neuroma. The clinical-radiological diagnosis and surgical indications are briefly presented and the surgical technique is illustrated

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Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery

Luciano Mastronardi Takanori Fukushima  •  Alberto Campione Editors

Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Microneurosurgery Improving Results with New Technologies

Editors Luciano Mastronardi Unit of Neurosurgery ASLRoma1 San Filippo Neri Hospital Roma Italy

Takanori Fukushima Neurosurgery Department Duke Medical Center Raleigh, NC USA

Alberto Campione Unit of Neurosurgery ASLRoma1 San Filippo Neri Hospital Rome Italy

ISBN 978-3-030-03166-4    ISBN 978-3-030-03167-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03167-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018966545 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Foreword

Fortunate are the neurosurgeons who have the opportunity to visit the Department of Neurosurgery at San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome and Carolina Neuroscience Institute in Raleigh, North Carolina. I am fortunate to have been one of them for so many years. Visitors to the heads of these departments, authors of this book, just can experience their natural warmth, honesty, and spontaneous integrity together with a gentle sense of humor and love for music, together with an intense devotion for perfecting their surgical experiences. For me, it is an honor to be invited to write this foreword as their lifetime close friend, having the same basic philosophy. This philosophy is simple and clean. I am thankful for our continued long-term professional cooperation and friendship, which feels like brothership. For more than 20 years, I cooperated with the authors, my lifetime mentors, heroes, and friends. Both are recognized as world-class neurosurgeons. The book is based upon the rich pers