In a specialized field such as neurosurgery, highly specific knowledge is required. Training programs in the EU vary, making it difficult to standardize medical training. This manual forms the basis for a European consensus in neurosurgery. It is written for residents, students and physicians with a special interest in neurosurgery. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are detailed according to localization (cranial, spinal, peripheral nerves) with special consideration given to congenital defects and pediatric neurosurgical disorders, functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, as well as critical neurosurgical care. Each chapter contains the basics of anatomy and physiology. The book is well-organized and clearly structured according to each entity and its neurosurgical treatment options. A better understanding of specific neurosurgical problems will help practicing neurosurgeons provide better medical care for their patients, and will also provide the neurosurgery resident with a reliable European standard for step-by-step management of neurosurgical problems, which will prove useful when preparing for the board examination.
Author(s): Christianto B. Lumenta (auth.), Christianto B. Lumenta, Concezio Di Rocco, Jens Haase, Jan Jakob A. Mooij (eds.)
Series: European Manual of Medicine
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 660
Tags: Neurosurgery; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Oncology
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Neurosurgery....Pages 3-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Training in Neurosurgery....Pages 7-16
Basic Training in Technical Skills: Introduction to Learning ‘Surgical Skills’ in a Constructive Way....Pages 17-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Basics....Pages 27-59
Brain Tumors....Pages 61-180
Vascular Diseases....Pages 181-239
Infectious Disease....Pages 241-247
Trauma....Pages 249-300
Developmental and Acquired Anomalies....Pages 301-330
Movement Rehabilitation for Trauma and Vascular Patients: Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke....Pages 331-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Basics....Pages 339-351
Spinal Tumours....Pages 353-371
Degenerative Disease....Pages 373-391
Spinal Vascular Diseases....Pages 393-397
Infectious Disease of the Spine....Pages 399-401
Spinal Trauma....Pages 403-427
Syringomyelia....Pages 429-432
Treatment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions....Pages 433-438
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Basics: Aetiology, Pathophysiology, General Symptomatology and Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Injuries....Pages 441-444
Clinical Neurophysiology....Pages 445-449
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Therapy of Peripheral Nerve Lesions....Pages 451-454
Nerve Compression Syndromes in the Extremities....Pages 455-466
Peripheral Nerve Tumours....Pages 467-468
Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 469-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Cranial Nerve Deficits....Pages 473-473
Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes....Pages 475-479
Conclusion....Pages 481-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Cranial and Spinal Dysraphisms....Pages 485-499
Craniosynostosis....Pages 501-528
Neurocutaneous Syndromes....Pages 529-537
Hydrocephalus....Pages 539-543
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
Epilepsy....Pages 547-557
Pain....Pages 559-566
Functional Stereotactic Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders: Deep Brain Stimulation....Pages 567-576
Functional Applications of Radiosurgery....Pages 577-578
Image-Guided Neurosurgery....Pages 579-590
Spasticity and Muscles: Basics for Understanding the Different Treatment Modalities....Pages 591-597
Front Matter....Pages 599-599
Consciousness Impairment....Pages 601-603
Intracranial Hypertension....Pages 605-610
Water and Electrolyte Regulation....Pages 611-615
Front Matter....Pages 599-599
Temperature Regulation....Pages 617-619
Respiration....Pages 621-625
Nutrition....Pages 627-629
Multiresistant Infections in Neurointensive Care Patients....Pages 631-633
Specific Aspects of Critical Care for Children....Pages 635-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-660
