Main description:

This book presents a detailed overview of a spectrum of pediatric neurosurgical conditions. It features detailed insight into the techniques available for examining abnormalities, hemorrhages and a variety of tumors. Relevant surgical methodologies are described in relation to a clinical problem or disorder, ensuring that the reader can systematically develop their knowledge of how to perform both routine and more-obscure procedures presently utilized to treat these conditions.

Pediatric Neurosurgery for Clinicians is a comprehensive guide detailing methodologies for applying a range of surgical techniques based upon a range of clinical questions. Therefore, it is a critical resource for all practicing and trainee physicians who encounter children with disorders affecting their neurological systems in disciplines within neurosurgery, neurology, radiology, oncology and pathology.

Contents:

I.General Topics.- History of Pediatric Neurosurgery.- Neurological Examination.- II.Congenital and Developmental Cerebral Anomalies.- Hydrocephalus.- Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Newborn.- Arachnoid Cysts.- Dandy-Walker Malformation.- Chiari Malformation.- Cephaloceles.- Craniosynostosis.- Craniofacial Syndromes.- III.Congenital and Developmental Spinal Anomalies.- Myelomeningocele.- Lipomeningocele.- Diastematomyelia.- Myeloschisis.- Non-Dysraphic Lipomas.- IV.Tumors.- Predisponsing Syndromes.- Scalp and Skull Tumors.- Astrocytomas.- Medulloblastoma.- Ependymoma.- Atypical Teratoid / Rhabdoid Tumors.- Craniopharyngiomas and other sellar tumors.- Brainstem Tumors.- Pineal Region Tumors.- Rare variantsi.- Spinal Tumors.- V.Trauma.- Non accidental Trauma.- Fractures.- Epidural Hematoma.- Subdural Hematoma.- Intracerebral Hematoma.- Diffuse Axonal Injury.- Penetrating Head Trauma.- Spine trauma.- VI. Vascular Malformations.- Arteriovenous Malformations.- Cavernous Malformations.- Aneurysms.- Moya-Moya Disease.- Vein of Galen Aneurysms.- VII.Functional.- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.- Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy.- Hemispherectomy.- Spasticity.- VIII.Infections.- Shunt Infection.- Epidural Abscess.- Subdural Empyema.- Brain Abscess.- Encephalitis.- Spine Infections.- IX. Modern Concepts and Practices.- Advanced MRI Techniques for Brain Disorders.- Intraoperative Flow Cytometry in Pediatric Brain Tumors.- Advances in Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors.- Pediatric Rehabilitation.