Controversies in Pediatric Neurosurgery / by: Jallo, George I., Kothbauer, Karl F., Pradilla, Gustavo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbott, Rick, Author.

Albright, Leland., Author.

Anderson, Richard C. E., Author.

Attenello, Frank J., Author.

Avellino, Anthony M., Author.

Barone, Constance M., Author.

Benardete, Ethan A., Author.

Berrak, Su Gülsün., Author.

Blaskiewicz, Donald J., Author.

Bolognese, P. (Paolo), Author.

Boop, Frederick A., Author.

Burger, Ingrid M., Author.

Carson, Ben, Author.

Çataltepe, Oğuz., Author.

Chandela, Sid., Author.

Cochrane, Douglas, Author.

Cohen, Alan R., Author.

Constantini, Shlomi., Author.

Danielpour, Moise, Author.

Dobkowski, Jan, 1942- Author.

Ebenezer, Sudesh J., Author.

Ellenbogen, Richard G., Author.

Elliott, Robert E., Author.

Gailloud, Philippe., Author.

Ghatan, Saadi., Author.

Grondin, Ronald T., Author.

Gupta, Nalin., Author.

Heuer, Gregory G., Author.

Jallo, George I., Author.

Jane, John A., Author.

Jimenez, David F., Author.

Khan, Nadia, Author.

Kiehna, Erin N., Author.

Kothbauer, Karl F., Author.

Krieger, Mark D., Author.

Langer, David J., Author.

Mandigo, Christopher E., Author.

McComb, Gordon, Author.

McGirt, Matthew J., Author.

Merchant, Thomas E., Author.

Milhorat, Thomas H., Author.

Miller, Jonathan P., Author.

Oakes, Jerry, Author.

Özek, Memet., Author.

Pearl, Monica S., Author.

Pincus, David W., Author.

Pradilla, Gustavo., Author.

Proctor, Mark R., Author.

Pugh, Jeffrey A., Author.

Rekate, Harold L., Author.

Ribaupierre, Sandrine <de>., Author.

Rilliet, Bénédict., Author.

Rogers, James N., Author.

Roonprapunt, Chan., Author.

Roth, Jonathan, Author.

Sandberg, David I., Author.

Sciubba, Daniel M., Author.

Scott, Michael, Author.

Sgouros, Spyros, Author.

Shirzadi, Ali., Author.

Simmons, Oliver., Author.

Smith, Edward R., Author.

Steinbok, Paul, Author.

Storm, Phillip B., Author.

Teo, Charles, Author.

Thomale, Ulrich W., Author.

Thompson, Dominic N. P., Author.

Tubbs, Shane., Author.

Vernet, Olivier., Author.

Wellons, John C., Author.

Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Author.

Yam, David A., Author.

Yonekawa, Yasuhiro., Author.

Zada, Gabriel, Author.

Contributor:

Jallo, George I., Editor.

Kothbauer, Karl F., Editor.

Pradilla, Gustavo, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Surgery.

Nervous system.

Children--Surgery.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thieme, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Controversies in Pediatric Neurosurgery, leading clinicians from around the globe present concrete advice and frank commentary on alternative options for the treatment and management of specific cranial and spinal disorders. Each succinct, easily accessible chapter addresses a different condition in a point/counterpoint format that discusses the pros and cons of the various treatment options, including surgical approaches and techniques. This highly practical, balanced coverage equips readers to make well-informed choices when selecting the most appropriate treatment modality for a particul

Contents:

""Controversies in Pediatric Neurosurgery""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""I Intracranial""; ""1 Arachnoid Cysts""; ""Cystoperitoneal Shunting""; ""Open or Endoscopic Fenestration""; ""2 Communicating Hydrocephalus""; ""Nonadjustable (Fixed Pressure) Shunt Valves""; ""Programmable Shunts""; ""Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters""; ""3 Noncommunicating Hydrocephalus""; ""Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy""; ""Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts""; ""4 Compartmentalized Hydrocephalus""; ""Endoscopic Fenestration""

""Open Craniotomy or Shunting""""5 Slit Ventricle Syndrome""; ""Surgical Management""; ""Lumboperitoneal Shunting""; ""6 Craniopharyngioma""; ""Radical Resection""; ""Subtotal Resection with Adjuvant Therapy""; ""7 Optic Pathway/Hypothalamic Gliomas""; ""Management""; ""8 Ependymomas""; ""Surgical Resection""; ""Surgical Resection with Adjuvant Therapy""; ""9 Scaphocephaly/Sagittal Synostosis""; ""Early Strip Craniectomy""; ""Late Craniofacial Reconstruction""; ""Endoscopic Wide Vertex Craniectomy""; ""10 Deformational Plagiocephaly""

""Correction with Repositioning and with Cranial Remodeling Orthosis""""11 Intracranial Suppuration""; ""Conservative Management""; ""Open Craniotomy and Drainage""; ""12 Chiari Malformations""; ""Decompression with Duraplasty""; ""Decompression without Duraplasty""; ""13 Intractable Epilepsy""; ""Vagus Nerve Stimulation""; ""Corpus Callosotomy""; ""14 Moyamoya Disease""; ""Pial Synangiosis: Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis�Encephalomyosynangiosis""; ""Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery""; ""15 Pediatric Aneurysms""; ""Surgical Management""; ""Endovascular Treatment""

""II Intraspinal""""16 Myelomeningocele""; ""Fetal Repair""; ""Postnatal Repair""; ""17 Lipomyelomeningocele/Tethered Cord""; ""Prophylactic Untethering""; ""Is Surgery Always Necessary?""; ""18 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors""; ""Biopsy and Adjuvant Therapy""; ""The Case for Surgery""; ""19 Spasticity""; ""Intrathecal Baclofen""; ""Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy""; ""20 Syringomyelia""; ""Syringosubarachnoid Shunts""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781638531593

1638531595

9781604060751

1604060751

OCLC:

714714839