Principles of neurological surgery / [edited by] Richard G. Ellenbogen, Laligam N. Sekhar, Neil D. Kitchen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellenbogen, Richard G., editor.

Sekhar, Laligam N., editor.

Kitchen, Neil D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Surgery.

Nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (848 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Section 1: General overview. Landmarks in the history of neurosurgery

Challenges in global neurosurgery

Pearls for clinical evaluation of the nervous system

Principles of modern neuroimaging

Neuro anesthesia and monitoring for cranial and complex spinal surgery

Surgical positioning, navigation, important surgical tools, craniotomy and closure of cranial and spinal wounds

Section 2: Pediatric neurosurgery. Spinal dysraphism and tethered spinal cord

Hydrocephalus in children

Diagnosis and surgical options for craniosynostosis

The Chiari malformations and syringohydromyelia

Posterior fossa and brainstem tumors in children

Craniopharyngiomas

All other brain tumors in pediatrics

Pediatric vascular disease and stroke

Section 3: Vascular neurosurgery. Medical and surgical treatment of cerebrovascular occlusive disease

Intracranial aneurysms, gen principles of management (ruptured and unruptured)

Surgery for anterior circulation aneurysms

Surgery for posterior circulation aneurysms

Complex intracranial aneurysms and bypasses for aneurysms

Vascular malformations (arteriovenous malformations and rural arteriovenous fistulas)

Cavernous malformations of the brain and spinal cord

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Endovascular treatment of acute stroke and occlusive cerebrovascular disease

Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms

Section 4: Trauma. Surgical Management of Closed Head Injury

Critical Care Management of Neurosurgical Patients

Penetrating Brain Injury

Traumatic Skull and Facial Fractures

Section 5: The spine. Injuries to the cervical spine

Thoracolumbar spine fractures

Intradural extramedullary and intramedullary spinal cord tumors

Treatment of spinal metastatic tumors

Spinal cord injury

Craniovertebral junction: a reappraisal

Degenerative spine disease (cervical)

Degenerative spine disease (thoracolumbar)

Pediatric and adult scoliosis

Section 6: Tumors. High-grade gliomas

Low-grade gliomas

Metastatic brain tumors

Convexity, and parasagittal vs. skull base meningiomas

Tumors of the pineal region

Cerebellopontine angle tumors

Pituitary tumors: diagnosis and management

Endoscopic approaches to ventricular tumors and colloid cysts

Microsurgical approaches to the ventricular system

Base tumors: evaluation and microsurgery

Endoscopic approaches to skull base lesions

Jugular foramen tumors: paraganglioma and schwannoma

Section 7: Radiosurgery and radiotherapy. Application of current radiation delivery systems and radiobiology

Radiosurgery of central nervous system tumors and arteriovenous malformations

Proton beam therapy and particle beam radiotherapy for cranial and skull base tumors

Section 8: Functional pain. Trigeminal neuralgia

Spasticity: classification, diagnosis and management

Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy

Extratemporal procedures and hemispherectomy for epilepsy

Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders

Stereotactic functional neurosurgery for mental health disorders, pain and epilepsy

Section 9: Miscellaneous. Surgical management of infections of the central nervous system, cranium and of the spine

Adult congenital CSF disorders

Management of peripheral nerve injuries

Entrapment neuropathies, peripheral nerve tumors

Pre-hospital care of TBI patients.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed January 26, 2018).

Revised edition of: Principles of neurological surgery / editors, Richard G. Ellenbogen, Saleem I. Abdulrauf ; associate editor, Laligam N. Sekhar. 3rd ed. ©2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Principles of neurological surgery.

ISBN:

9780323461283

032346128X

9780323461276

0323461271

OCLC:

1016899016

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Restricted for use by site license.