Atlas of Intrinsic Brain Architecture for Microsurgery

by Richard Gonzalo Párraga (Editor), Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas (Editor), Sebastião Gusmão (Editor), João Paulo Almeida (Editor), Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa (Editor)

Overview

The advent of microneurosurgery has expanded our understanding of neurosurgical anatomy and enabled complex microsurgical procedures to be performed with greater safety and precision. More recently, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has provided a means to visualize major white matter tracts that are not discernible during direct surgical inspection.

This comprehensive atlas enhances knowledge of the brain’s three-dimensional microanatomy, which is critical for navigating surgical complexities while preserving important non-visible structures. The richly illustrated chapters feature detailed dissections of white matter tracts using Klingler’s technique, presenting the intrinsic architecture of the brain, common microsurgical approaches, and case-based examples.

Atlas of Intrinsic Brain Architecture for Microsurgery is an essential resource to help medical students, neurologists, neurosurgery residents, and neurosurgeons correlate the anatomy of cerebral white matter fibers with related pathologies and microsurgical approaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031951183
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	10/27/2025
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Gonzalo Párraga, MD
Director of the Neurosurgery Institute of Bolivia (INEB), Cochabamba-Bolivia
Neurosurgeon at the UNIVALLE hospital, Cochabamba - Bolivia
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, in the private university UNIVALLE
Cochabamba, Bolivia

Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, MD
Neurosurgeon of the Israelita Hospital, Albert Einstein
Full professor, Albert Einstein Medical School, São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Sebastião Gusmão, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais, Brazil

João Paulo Almeida, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
IU Health Indiana University
IU Health Neuroscience Center
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL, USA

Table of Contents

Section I. Materials and Techniques for Preservation of Anatomical Specimens.- Chapter 1 Klingler's Technique.- Section II. Anatomy.- Chapter 2 The Anatomy of the Cerebral Cortex.- Chapter 3 Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cerebral White Matter.- Chapter 4 Microsurgical Anatomy of the Optic Radiation and Related Fibers.- Chapter 5 Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cerebral Central Core, the Temporal Stem and the.- Chapter 6 Microsurgical Anatomy and Internal Architecture of the Brainstem: Surgical Considerations.- Section III. Diagnostic Radiology and Clinical Correlations.- Chapter 7 Preoperative MRI-DTI: Contribution to Surgical Planning.- Chapter 8 Place of Diffusion Imaging in Neurosurgical Anatomy.- Chapter 9 Comparison Between Transcortical and Interhemispheric Approaches to the Atrium of Lateral Ventricle Using Combined White Matter Fiber Dissections and Magnetic Resonance Tractography.- Section IV. Surgical Considerations.- Chapter 10 Architectonic Organization of the Telencephalon Related to Glioma.- Chapter 11 Extent of Resection in Low Grade Gliomas: Surgical Considerations Based on the Molecular Signature of the Tumor.- Chapter 12 Management of Brain Lesions Located in Motor Eloquent Areas.- Chapter 13 The Fiber System and Its Implication on Surgery of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy .- Chapter 14 Functional Hemispherotomy and White Matter Anatomy.- Chapter 15 Trans-Anterior Limiting Sulcus of the Insula Approach: Novel Surgical Approach to the Ventral Striatum Region.- Chapter 16 Postmortem Dissections of Common Targets for Lesion and Deep Brain Stimulation Surgeries for Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- Section V. Atlas of White Matter of the Brain.- Chapter 17 Lateral Surface Dissection.- Chapter 18 Medial Surface Dissection .- Chapter 19 Basal Surface Dissection.- Section VI Atlas of White Matter of the Brain 3D (for electronic versions only).- Chapter 20 Lateral Surface Dissection.- Chapter 21 Medial Surface Dissection .- Chapter 22 Basal Surface Dissection.