Paraplegia : clinical characteristics, prevalence and treatment outcomes / Agnes A. Holloway, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holloway, Agnes A., editor.

Series:

Neuroscience research progress series.

Neuroscience Research Progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment.

Spinal cord.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Complications.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the last 20 years, fundamental research to repair the spinal cord has yielded positive results and today, there is real hope that a cure might be found for the treatment of spinal injuries. This has only been possible because in the last 70 years, patients with a traumatic injury of the spinal cord have been kept alive through conservative forms of treatment and returned to useful independent lives. It is salutary at this stage to look at how this conservative treatment developed. This book begins by providing a history of the treatment of spinal cord injuries and continues by examining the

Contents:

PARAPLEGIA: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES; PARAPLEGIA: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE HISTORY OF THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES; Chapter 2: PEDIATRIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; Chapter 3: ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; Chapter 4: MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF TOENAILS IN HEMIPLEGIA: TOENAIL CONFIGURATION IS DETERMINED BY THE MECHANICAL FORCES ON THE FOOT; Chapter 5: SPASTICITY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-489-X