Vasculature is the arrangement of blood vessels in the body or in an organ of the body. For surgeons, the blood vessels in the brain are particularly problematic in that they can vary from patient to patient depending on the medical problems that are encountered. It is highly recommended that these individuals continually refresh their minds by consulting books such as this. Residents and students in neurosurgery, neurology, neuroradiology, and neuroendovascular interventionists should master the neurovascular anatomy as a prerequisite to performing procedures. One should learn surgical anatomy in the laboratory and not at the time of the surgery.
Surgical anatomy is very tedious, requiring repetition over and over again.
This atlas attempts to provide as much vascular anatomy of the brain as possible through the use of hundreds of dissections of the brain and cranial base, primarily on morbid anatomy. The illustrations and figures are meant to expand the vision of the neurosurgeon in the surgical field and sharpen the perception of the neuroradiologist, neuroendovascular interventionist, and neurologist. The authors want to point out that it will take years for the serious student of vascular anatomy of the brain to gather enough dissections to see all the variations. This book is a collection of dissections that should be studied in detail. As new books on vascular anatomy are published, they, too, should be studied in detail.