The premier authority on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM) provides in a new edition a comprehensive, up-to-date reference on IOM techniques and their anatomical and physiological basis. Dr. Møller offers theoretical and practical guidance regarding electrophysiological recordings in the operating room, how to interpret the results, and how to present them to the surgeon. In addition, the author has added new material on the monitoring of the spinal motor system, of sensory systems, of peripheral nerves, and in skull base surgery. Included are methods for guiding the surgeon in operations, such as microvascular decompression, implantation of electrodes for deep brain stimulation, repair of peripheral nerves and for placement of electrodes for auditory prostheses.
Dr. Aage R. Møller has a medical degree (D. Med. Sci.) from the Karolinska Institut (School of Medicine) in Stockholm, Sweden where he spent 13 years in the position of "Docent" (Assistant Professor). After that he immigrated to the USA together with his wife, Margareta B. Møller, MD, D. Med. Sci., both to take positions at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and later at the Department of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Aage Møller spent 19 years doing research and teaching, most recently in the position as Professor of Neurological Surgery. In 1978 both Møllers moved to Dallas, Texas, Dr. Aage Møller for a position at The University of Texas at Dallas where he has the Endowed Margret Fonde Jonsson Professorship in Cognition and Neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Dr. Aage Møller is the (single) author of eleven books on auditory science, intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring and neuroscience. He is an editor or co-editor of nine published books, author or co-author of 196 articles in refereed journals, and the author of 105 book chapters. He was editor-in-chief and founder of the international journal, 'Hearing Research,' from 1978 to 2005 and is associated with the editorial boards of several other international journals. He is now involved in research on tinnitus and he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tinnitus Research Initiative Foundation, an international organization based in Regensburg, Germany.
