BookGeorgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou, editors.
Summary: This book presents a detailed overview of a spectrum of pediatric neurosurgical conditions. It features detailed insight into the techniques available for examining abnormalities, hemorrhages and a variety of tumors. Relevant surgical methodologies are described in relation to a clinical problem or disorder, ensuring that the reader can systematically develop their knowledge of how to perform both routine and more-obscure procedures presently utilized to treat these conditions. Pediatric Neurosurgery for Clinicians is a comprehensive guide detailing methodologies for applying a range of surgical techniques based upon a range of clinical questions. Therefore, it is a critical resource for all practicing and trainee physicians who encounter children with disorders affecting their neurological systems in disciplines within neurosurgery, neurology, radiology, oncology and pathology.
Contents:
I. General Topics
History of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Neurological Examination
II. Congenital and Developmental Cerebral Anomalies
Hydrocephalus
Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Newborn
Arachnoid Cysts
Dandy-Walker Malformation
Chiari Malformation
Cephaloceles
Craniosynostosis
Craniofacial Syndromes
III. Congenital and Developmental Spinal Anomalies
Myelomeningocele
Lipomeningocele
Diastematomyelia
Myeloschisis
Non-Dysraphic Lipomas
IV. Tumors
Predisponsing Syndromes
Scalp and Skull Tumors
Astrocytomas
Medulloblastoma
Ependymoma
Atypical Teratoid / Rhabdoid Tumors
Craniopharyngiomas and other sellar tumors
Brainstem Tumors
Pineal Region Tumors
Rare variantsi
Spinal Tumors
V. Trauma
Non accidental Trauma
Fractures
Epidural Hematoma
Subdural Hematoma
Intracerebral Hematoma
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Penetrating Head Trauma
Spine trauma
VI. Vascular Malformations
Arteriovenous Malformations
Cavernous Malformations
Aneurysms
Moya-Moya Disease
Vein of Galen Aneurysms
VII. Functional
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy
Hemispherectomy
Spasticity
VIII. Infections
Shunt Infection
Epidural Abscess
Subdural Empyema
Brain Abscess
Encephalitis
Spine Infections
IX. Modern Concepts and Practices
Advanced MRI Techniques for Brain Disorders
Intraoperative Flow Cytometry in Pediatric Brain Tumors
Advances in Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors
Pediatric Rehabilitation.