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Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes

A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Florian Roser, Hamid Borghei-Razavi
  • Language: English

Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management is a comprehensive volume exploring the entire pathophysiology of cranial nerve pathologies, from d… Read more

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Description

Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Management is a comprehensive volume exploring the entire pathophysiology of cranial nerve pathologies, from diagnosis to treatment options. Following a multidisciplinary approach, this volume integrates perspectives from neurosurgery, neurology, radiology, and pain management from experts in the field. An ideal resource for clinicians and researchers, this volume discusses the latest research on multi-modality, collaborative and cutting edge treatment options, with advanced surgical techniques, including microvascular decompression and endoscopic procedures with clear guidance.

Key features

  • Explores the anatomy and pathophysiology of cranial nerve compression syndromes, supported by high-quality illustrations
  • Includes diagnostic flow-charts and algorithms
  • Offers a multidisciplinary approach, integrating perspectives from neurosurgery, neurology, radiology, and pain management
  • Provides case studies and real-world examples that demonstrate effective diagnostic and treatment strategies
  • Explains advanced surgical techniques, including microvascular decompression and endoscopic procedures, with clear procedural guidance
  • Enables the reader to collaborate effectively with other specialists, ensuring a comprehensive, patient-centered approach

Readership

Researchers in neurology, neurologists, neurosurgeons

Table of contents

Section 1: The Cranial Nerves

1. History of Cranial Nerve Syndrome Management

2. Anatomical nuances of cranial nerves and related vascular structures of the cerebello-pontine angle

3. Pathogenesis of Cranial Nerve Syndromes

4. Epidemiology of Cranial Nerve Syndromes

5. Cranial Nerve Imaging

6. Neuro-Monitoring in Cranial Nerve Syndromes

7. VR in Cranial Nerve Syndromes

Section 2: Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)

8. Diagnosis of TN and Trigeminal Neuralgia mimics

9. Psychological aspects of Trigeminal Neuralgia

10. Trigeminal Neuralgia in dental setting: The necessity of awareness

11. Non-surgical Management of TN

12. Percutaneous approaches: Radiofrequency and Glycerol – rhizotomy

13. Percutaneous approaches: Balloon compression

14. MVD for TN: Surgical Pearls

15. MVD for TN: Microscope vs. Exoscope vs. Endoscope

16. MVD for TN: Decompression vs. Transposition

17. The role of SRS in management of TN

18. Neuromodulation for facial pain: DBS, MCS, high cervical SCS, peripheral nerve field stimulation

19. Management of failed TN patients

20. TN Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome prediction

Section 3: Hemifacial Spasm (HFS)

21. Diagnosis and non-surgical management in HFS

22. MVD for HFS: Surgical Pearls

23. HFS: Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome predictions

Section 4: Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GN)

24. Diagnosis and non-surgical management in GN

25. MVD for GN: Surgical Pearls

26. SRS for GN

27. GN: Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome prediction

Section 5: Rare Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes

28. IV - Superior Oblique Myokymia

29. VI - MVD for abducens nerve palsy

30. VII - Nervous intermedius neuralgia

31. VIII - Surgical management of Vestibulocochlear compression syndrome

32. X - Vagus neuralgia, HELPS, Vancouver syndrome

33. Brain Stem compression syndrome and MVD

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Florian Roser

Florian Roser, MD PhD, is Chief of the Neurological Institute and Department Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Roser is a graduate of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz/GER, and studied Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia/USA, as well as in Johannesburg/SA. He completed his residency in the Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Nordstadt, a Skullbase fellowship at the University of Tübingen/GER and a Spine fellowship at the National Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Queens Square, London/UK. He is a Full Professor of Neurosurgery at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, serves as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US and is Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Roser has authored over 128 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 39) and has presented more than 240 invited lectures worldwide.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Elsevier since 2020. Prof. Roser has received several research grants from prestigious research institutions, for basic molecular research on meningioma tissue, clinical research on diagnostics in Syringomyelia and technical innovations in surgical anatomy.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, United Arab Emirates

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Hamid Borghei-Razavi

Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, FACS is director of Brain Tumor and Pituitary Center at Cleveland Clinic Florida, education and research director of Neuroscience Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida region and an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine specializing in Brain Tumor Surgery, Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Pituitary Surgery, and Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Borghei-Razavi received his medical degree from Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) and University of Lübeck (Universität zu Lübeck) in Germany. He completed his residency training at Clemens hospital, University of Münster, Germany. He performed a year of Research Fellowship in Skull base Neuroanatomy at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He then completed two Clinical Fellowships in Neurosurgical Oncology and Advanced Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Dr. Borghei-Razavi has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and serves as editor in several neurosurgery journals. He also received multiple national and international awards and scholarships in recognition of these accomplishments.

Affiliations and expertise
Cleveland Clinic Florida