Adult hydrocephalus / edited by Daniele Rigamonti, Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rigamonti, Daniele, 1951- editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrocephalus--Treatment.

Hydrocephalus.

Hydrocephalus--Etiology.

Cerebrospinal fluid pressure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Adult hydrocephalus is an insidious yet treatable condition that develops slowly, with usual onset around 60 years of age. It is poorly recognized and many cases are not diagnosed until late in the course of disease, leading to poorer patient outcomes and a high financial cost to healthcare providers. The resulting neurological symptoms include gait/balance problems, loss of bladder control, and a cognitive decline leading to dementia, which is often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease. This book - the first published on this topic since 1993 - provides comprehensive guidelines to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, and covers various neurosurgical techniques used to treat the disease, including the insertion of different types of shunts and endoscopic third ventriculostomy. This is essential reading for neurologists, neurosurgeons, family physicians, and radiologists who may well encounter adult patients with hydrocephalus more often than they realize.

Contents:

Anatomy and physiology of the cerebrospinal fluid system

Neuropathology of human hydrocephalus

Animal models of hydrocephalus

Genetics of hydrocephalus

The Epidemiology of hydrocephalus

Pathophysiology of gait dysfunction in normal pressure hydrocephalus

The Pathophysiologic basis of cognitive dysfunction in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Incontinence and lower urinary tract symptoms in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Normal pressure hydrocephalus grading scales

The Differential diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus

Core imaging in adult hydrocephalus

Imaging of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation

Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and infusion techniques

Monitoring of intracranial pressure and assessment of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in ikiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus shunt procedures

Hydrocephalus shunts: principles, hardware, shunt testing

Management of shunts in normal pressure hydrocephalus: follow-up and late complications

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: indications, technique, outcome, and complications

Outcome of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Normal pressure hydrocephalus syndrome secondary to hemorrhage, infection, and malignancy

Low-pressure syndromes and cerebrospinal fluid leaks: diagnosis and management

Management of the adult with congenital hydrocephalus

Management of hydrocephalus with associated cerebrospinal fluid pathologies

Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus in adults

Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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

ISBN:

1-139-89236-3

1-107-72068-0

1-107-72782-0

1-107-73018-X

1-107-73193-3

1-139-38281-0

1-107-72381-7

1-107-72842-8

9781107730182

9781306459266