The Fruits of Reinvention Surgery related to the human head, its
compartment and contents has been reinvented over the past 40 years. A
number of instruments, most notably the sophisticated medical imaging
device and the operating microscope, have principally fueled this
evolution. Along the way, endoscopy and sophisticated navigation
capabilities have added to the realization of a unique comprehension of
normal and abnormal microanatomy permitting corridors and manipu- tions
that allow novel strategies for surgery in these highly vital functional
areas. Cappabianca, Califano and Iaconetta have created a detailed and
fully modern review of methods and strategies related to complex surgery
and therapies associated with this robust reinvention. Technical
innovations abound! Distinguished practitioners of these unique
developments in the history of surgical - terprise present these amazing
technical exercises. The catalog of these approaches, inst- mentation,
techniques, strategies and manipulations is inspiring and stands as a
testimony to the remarkable progress that we have witnessed in recent
decades. The presentation in truly "modern" and represents in many
aspects pinnacles of operative achievement. We must ask ourselves, what
will be next? Los Angeles, November 2009 Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D., Ph.D
(hon) Preface We belong to a lucky and happy generation, living during a
period of many dramatic, if not revolutionary, technical and
technological innovations, such as the digital era, which have changed
and improved our routine surgical practice, together with the quality
and quantity of life of our patients.
