Pediatric Neurosurgery for Clinicians [electronic resource] edited by Georgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou.

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Alexiou, Georgios (Editor)
Prodromou, Neofytos (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:
Nervous system—Surgery.
Children—Surgery.
Pediatrics.
Online Access:
Springer Medicine eBooks 2022 English/International: 2022 (Springer Link)
Format: Electronic eBook
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. .