The neurosurgical consult book / edited by Risheng Xu, Jordina Rincon-Torroella, Ann Liu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Xu, Risheng, editor.

Rincon-Torroella, Jordina, editor.

Liu, Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Surgery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nervous system.

Neurosurgery.

Trauma, Nervous System.

Symptom Assessment.

Diagnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Neurosurgery.

Trauma, Nervous System.

Symptom Assessment.

Diagnosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2023]

Summary:

"Written by neurosurgery residents for neurosurgery residents and other providers, The Neurosurgical Consult Book focuses on the initial care and treatment of the neurosurgical consult patient, providing the key guidance you need when quick clinical management decisions are critical. You will learn to recognize the acuity of patient presentation and determine how to immediately triage the needs of the patient at an appropriate level of care. This portable, practical guide helps you quickly steer neurosurgical patients to medical stability and safety until a definitive treatment plan is implemented"-- publisher's description.

Contents:

Section One- Trauma Consults.

1. Epidural Hematoma

2. Traumatic Subarachnoid

3. Acute Subdural Hematoma

4. Diffuse Axonal Injury

5. Gunshot Wound (spine and cranial)

6. Odontoid Fracture

7. Jefferson Fracture

8. Chance Fracture

9. Perched/Jumped facets

10. Burst fracture with retropulsion

11. Clay Shoveler Fracture

Section Two- Tumor Consults

12. Meningioma

13. Low grade intra-axial tumors

14. High grade intra-axial tumors

15. Supratentorial Metastases

16. Infratentorial Metastases

17. Pituitary Tumors

18. Pituitary apoplexy

19. Intraventricular tumor

20. Pituitary tumor with hypernatremia

21. Tumor mimic: stroke

22. Tumor progression vs treatment effect

Section Three

Vascular Diseases

23. Supratentorial intracranial hemorrhage

24. Infratentorial intracranial hemorrhage

25. Chronic subdural hematoma

26. Hemicraniectomy for stroke

27. Thrombectomy for stroke

28. Non-ruptured aneurysm

29. Ruptured aneurysm

subarachnoid hemorrhage

30. Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage

31. Arteriovenous malformation after radiosurgery

32. Ruptured arteriovenous malformation

33. Dural arteriovenous fistula

34. Cavernous malformation

35. Carotid-cavernous fistulas

36. Internal carotid stenosis

Section Four

Spine and Peripheral Nerve Consults

37. Non-operative degenerative spine disease

38. Cervical myelopathy

39. Neck pain

ACDF

40. Thoracic myelopathy

41. Lumbar degenerative disease

42. Cauda equina

43. Sagittal balance/adjacent segment disease

44. Central cord

45. Postoperative epidural hematoma

46. Spinal tumor

intradural

47. Spinal tumor

extradural

48. Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula

49. Spinal cord intrinsic tumor mimic: MS

50. Nerve section injury

51. Nerve crush injury

Section Five

Pediatric consults

52. Perinatal intraventricular hemorrhage

53. Myelomeningocele/chiari

54. Shunt malfunction

55. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy

56. Pediatric brain tumors

57. Pediatric spinal tumor

58. Depressed skull fracture

59. Non-depressed skull fracture

60. Non-accidental trauma

61. SCIWORA

Section Six

Hydrocephalus

62. Normal pressure hydrocephalus

63. Acute shunt malfunction

distal

64. Acute shunt malfunction

proximal

65. Pseudotumor

66. Spontaneous CSF leak/encephalocele

Section Seven

Infection Consults

67. Puffy Pott's Tumor

68. Intraparenchymal abscess

69. Osteomyelitis/epidural abscess

operative

70. Osteomyelitis/epidural abscess

nonoperative

Section Eight

Functional and Pain Consults

71. Baclofen pump malfunction

72. Baclofen pump infection

73. Spinal cord stimulator

74. Adult chiari and Ehler Danlos

75. Trigeminal Neuralgia

Section Nine

Post-operative Complications

76. Post-operative DVT/PE

77. Epidural hematoma

cranial

78. Epidural hematoma

spinal

79. Septic emboli/cement emboli

80. Wound infection

81. Wound infection

82. Shunt infection

83. Postoperative CSF leak

84. Postop intracranial hemorrhage

Section Ten

Procedures

85. Shunt change and shunt tap

86. Intracranial Pressure Monitor

87. Intraventricular catheter

88. Lumbar puncture

89. Lumbar drain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed December 21, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: NEUROSURGICAL CONSULT BOOK.

ISBN:

9780323756150

0323756158

OCLC:

1352048241

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.