Prof. Venelin M. Gerganov, MD, PhD - neurosurgeon

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Dr. V. Gerganov authored 180 scientific works and co-authored 30 book chapters.

Together with M. Samii he co-authored the fundamental book “Surgery of Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions”, which was released in 2013.

List of the scientific publications:


Publications Books and Book chapters

Books:

  1. Samii M, Gerganov VM. Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions. Springer 2013
    http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642354212

Book chapters:

  1. Samii M, Samii A, Ludemann W, Gerganov VM: Surgery of craniopharyngiomas. In: Schmidek and Sweet’s Operative Neurosurgical Techniques, ed. Schmidek and Roberts, Elsevier, pp. 437-452, 2006
  2. Samii M, Gerganov VM: Vestibular Schwannomas. In: Neurooncology. The Essentials. 2/E, ed. Bernstein and Berger, Thieme Medical Publishers, pp. 353-358, 2007
  3. Samii M, Gerganov VM: Surgery of cavernous sinus meningiomas: advantages and disadvantages. In: Cavernous Sinus, ed. Dolenc V, Rogers L, Springer-Verlag, Wien, pp. 153-162, 2009
  4. Samii M, Gerganov V: Tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. In: Neurocirugía, aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos, ed. Basso A, Corpus Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, 2010
  5. Samii M, Gerganov V: Skull base surgery. In: Neurocirugía, aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos, ed. Basso A, In: Neurocirugía, aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos, ed. Basso A, Corpus Argentina. Rosario, Argentina, 2010
  6. Samii A, Gerganov V: Technology at the operating room. In: Neurocirugía, aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos, ed. Basso A, In: Neurocirugía, aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos, ed. Basso A, Corpus Argentina. Rosario, Argentina, 2010
  7. Samii M, Gerganov V: Suboccipital Retrosigmoid Approach. In: Meningiomas: A Comprehensive Text, ed. Pamir N, Black P, Fahlbusch R, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp. 503-510, 2010
  8. Fahlbusch R, Gerganov V: Suprasellar meningiomas. In: Meningiomas: A Comprehensive Text, ed. Pamir N, Black P, Fahlbusch R. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, pp. 387-394, 2010
  9. Samii M, Gerganov V: Suboccipital lateral approaches (retrosigmoid). In: Cranial, cranio-facial and skull base surgery. Text atlas with color figures, ed. Cappabianca P, Califano L, Iaconetta G. 1st Edition, Springer Verlag Italia, pp.143-150, 2010
  10. Samii M, Tatagiba M, Gerganov V: Basic principles of skull base surgery. In: Youmans Neurological Surgery, 6th Edition, ed. Winn R. Elsevier Saunders, pp. 1267-1284, 2011.
  11. Samii M, Gerganov V: Tumors of the occipito-cervical junction. In: Surgery of the vertebral artery, ed. George B, Bruneau M, Spetzler R, Springer Verlag, France, Paris, pp.427- 442, 2011
  12. Fahlbusch R, Gerganov VM: Nonfunctional pituitary tumors. In: Brain tumors: An encyclopedic approach, 3rd Edition. ed. Kaye A, Laws E, Elsevier, pp. 672-691, 2011
  13. Samii M, Gerganov V: Principles and practice of skull base surgery. In: Essential practice of Neurosurgery, ed. Kalangu K, Yamagiku Priniting Co, Japan, Nagoya, pp. 144-153, 2011.
  14. Samii M, Gerganov V: Surgery of vestibular schwannoma. In: Essential practice of Neurosurgery, ed. Kalangu K, Yamagiku Priniting Co, Japan, Nagoya, pp. 304-312, 2011.
  15. Samii M, Gerganov V: Surgery of Cerebellopontine Meningiomas. In: Al Mefty’s Meningiomas, 2nd ed., ed. McDermott, DeMonte, Al Mefty, Thieme, pp. 262-269, 2011
  16. Gerganov V, Giordano M, Fahlbusch R, Samii M, Samii M. Tumor resection control using intraoperative magnetic resonsnce imaging. In: Tumors of the central nervous system, Vol 4. Brain tumors, ed. Hayat MA, Springer, Dordrecht, New York, pp. 167-174, 2011
  17. Stieglitz LH, Lüdemann WO, Giordano M, Gerganov VM, Samii A, Samii M. Retrosigmoidal Craniotomy for Vestibular Schwannoma Patients: Postoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak. In: Tumors of the central nervous system, Vol 7. Brain tumors, ed. Hayat MA, Springer, Dordrecht, New York, pp.313-325, 2012
  18. Samii M, Gerganov V: Cerebellopontine angle tumors. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology - Neuro-Oncology 3rd Series, 105, ed. Grisold W, Soffietti R, pp. 633-9, 2012
  19. Samii M, Gerganov V: Functional imaging in brain tumor surgery. In: Handbook of Clinical Neurology - Neuro-Oncology 3rd Series, 104, ed. Grisold W, Soffietti R, pp. 127-34, 2012
  20. Samii M, Gerganov V: Surgery of cerebellopontine angle tumors. In: Principles of Neurosurgery, 3rd Edition, chapter 22, ed. Ellenbogen RG, Abdulrauf S, Philadelphia, Elsevier (in Druck)
  21. Samii M, Gerganov V: Microsurgical removal of acoustic tumors in a single hearing ear of neurofibromatosis. Controversies in Neurosurgery, 2nd Edition, ed. Al Mefty (in press)
  22. Samii M, Tatagiba M, Gerganov V: Approaches to the jugular foramen. In: Surgery of the craniovertebral junction, 2nd edition, ed. Nicholas C. Bambakidis, Curtis A. Dickman, Robert F. Spetzler, Volker K.H. Sonntag, Thieme NY, pp. 403-410, 2012
  23. Samii M, Gerganov V. Futuristic neurosurgery. In: Progress in Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. 27; ed. V.P. Singh, M. Nair, 2012 pp. 3-6
  24. Samii A, Gerganov V: Monitoring and imaging evaluation for intraoperative tumor resection. In: Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques in Neurosurgery, Ed. Loftus, (in press)
  25. Gerganov V, Samii M: Surgery of Cerebellopontine angle Epidermoids. In: Samii’s Essentials, 2nd ed., Springer, pp. 365-374, 2014
  26. Giordano M, Gerganov V, Samii A: Preoperative visualization of the facial nerve using DTI fiber tracking in patients with large vestibular schwannomas. In: Samii’s Essentials, 2nd ed., Springer, pp. 129-138, 2014
  27. Samii A, Gerganov V: Intraoperative imaging. In: Essential practice of Neurosurgery, Ed. (in press)
  28. Bertalanffy H, Gerganov V, Paterno V: Surgical Management of Supratentorial Cavernous Malformations. In: Neurovascular diseases, Ed. Spetzler R, Kalani Y. Thieme Medical Publishers, pp 419-435, 2015
  29. Fahlbusch R, Gerganov V, Metwally H. Craniopharyngioma and Rathke's Cleft cysts. In: Oxford Textbook of Neurological Surgery, Oxford University Press, (in press)
  30. Samii M, Gerganov V. Vestibular schwannomas. In: Current and advanced neurosurgical concepts and techniques, Vol. I. Ed. A.Goel; Thieme Medical Publishers (in press)