{"product_id":"9783031685804","title":"Neurosurgical Treatment of Central Nervous System Tumors","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNeurosurgical Treatment of Central Nervous System Tumors\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePietro Mortini | Filippo Gagliardi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Surgery \/ Neurosurgery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book the most recent technical and technological advancements  in  the treatment of intracranial tumours will be described, and a wide and updated review  of the literature on neurosurgical pathologies with high clinical impact will be offered to the readers. Technical nuances and surgical pearls, as well as tricks suggested by the most renowned experts in the field will be explained and illustrated in the  light of the most modern approach to oncological neurosurgical pathologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e Each surgical technique will be contextualized in a multi-modal approach to the pathology, defining specific aims and goals of surgery, and a comparative analysis of surgical and clinical results deriving from the  different approaches will be systematically discussed, analyzing the specific drawbacks and advantages in approaching the different pathologies, and emphasizing the preservation of patient’s functioning and quality of life as well as the neurological status.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThrough this book, the editors aim to provide an effective educational support to already trained and experienced neurosurgeons, who want to approach the multi-modal management of intracranial tumors according to the principles of \u003ci\u003eEvidence Based Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, highlighting classes of evidence, by using schemes and therapeutic algorithms based on most updated data available in the literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Pietro Mortini is Chief of the Neurosurgery and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Full Professor at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery at George Washington University in Washington (USA). After graduating with honours and honorable mention in Medicine and Surgery in 1986, he specialized in Neurosurgery and had several experiences in various neurosurgical departments abroad. He attended the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris. In 1999 he moved to the United States where he obtained an International Fellowship at the Neurological Institute has been Director of the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery of the University Vita Salute San Raffaele and Director of Master degree of the same University and since 2015 he is Visiting Consultant at Ibn Sina Hospital in Kuwait City. He is author of more than 300 publications in scientific journals of great international relevance and serves on the Editorial Board of several journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Filippo Gagliardi graduated with honours in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Verona in 2006, and specialized with honours in Neurosurgery at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan. He also obtained a PhD in Neuroscience from the same university, dealing with research on stem cells in brain tumors, and spent some periods as research fellow at the University Ludwig Maximilian in Munich and in the US at the George Washington University. He is now working as a consultant neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgery Department of the San Raffaele Hospital and has obtained a teaching qualification in the same discipline. He is currently responsible for more than 10 international and national research projects, admitted for funding by public and private entities. He has been invited as a member of the scientific committee in numerous international courses and meetings in Europe, the United States and Australia.Dr. Gagliardi authored more than 100 publications in international journals and more than 30 chapters of Neurosurgery textbooks, published by international publishers. In 2019 he published a book entitled \"Operative cranial neurosurgical anatomy\" distributed worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 December 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031685804\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e575\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52368766009484,"sku":"9783031685804","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031685804.jpg?v=1786625880","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031685804","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}