A comprehensive reference source covering topics from basic and allied neurosciences to the understanding of neurosurgical problems, to treatment of patients, including alternative approaches. New chapters discuss positron emission tomography, the use of lasers in surgery, and neurotransmitter augmentation.
A comprehensive reference source covering topics from basic and allied neurosciences to the understanding of neurosurgical problems, to treatment of patients, including alternative approaches. New chapters discuss positron emission tomography, the use of lasers in surgery, and neurotransmitter augmentation.
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978-0-7216-2094-7 (9780721620947)
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Post-traumatic syndrome; post-traumatic epilepsy; psychological evaluation after craniocerebral injury; growing skull fractures; cerebrospinal fluid fistulae - their management and repair; cranial defects and their repair; facial, auditory and vestibular nerve injuries associated with basilar skull fractures; maxillofacial injuries; scalp injuries and their management; trauma to the carotid artery and other cervial vessels; injuries to the cervical vessels; injuries to the cervical spine and spinal cord; hyperextension, hyperflexion and torsion injuries of the spine; management of thoracic spine fractures; management of thoracolumbar and lumbar spine injuries; acute injuries of peripheral nerves; chronic injuries of peripheral nerves by entrapment; problems associated with multiple trauma; benign spine lesions; biomechanics and ageing of the spine; nondiscogenic back and leg pain; extradural spinal cord and nerve root compression from benign lesions of the lumbar area; percutaneous approaches to lumbar discectomy; micro-operative treatment for lumbar disc disease; use of chemonucleolysis in the treatment of disc diseas; operative management of the failed back syndrome; spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis; fusion of the lumbar spine; lumbar spine stenosis; adhesive arachnoiditis; extradural spinal cord and nerve root compression from benign lesions of the dorsal area; extradural spinal cord and nerve root compression from benign lesions of the cervical area; posterior micro-operative treatment of cervical disc disease; anterior operative approaches for benign extradural cervical lesions; scoliosis, kyphosis, and lordosis.
