Neurosurgery (eBook)

Foreword of the Series Editors 5
Preface 6
Contents 7
List of Contributors 19
Introduction 26
1.1 Introduction to Neurosurgery 27
Training and Education 28
2.1 Training in Neurosurgery 29
2.2 Basic Training in Technical Skills: Introduction to Learning ‘ Surgical Skills’ in a Constructive Way 39
The Neurocranium 46
3.1 Basics 47
3.2 Brain Tumors 80
3.3 Vascular Diseases 200
3.4 Infectious Disease 259
3.5 Trauma 266
3.6 Developmental and Acquired Anomalies 318
3.7 Movement Rehabilitation for Trauma and Vascular Patients: Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke 348
The Spine and Spinal Cord 354
4.1 Basics 355
4.2 Spinal Tumours 368
4.3 Degenerative Disease 387
4.4 Spinal Vascular Diseases 406
4.5 Infectious Disease of the Spine 411
4.6 Spinal Trauma 414
4.7 Syringomyelia 439
4.8 Treatment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions 443
Peripheral Nerve Surgery 449
5.1 Basics: Aetiology, Pathophysiology, General Symptomatology and Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Injuries 450
5.2 Clinical Neurophysiology 454
5.3 Therapy of Peripheral Nerve Lesions 459
5.4 Nerve Compression Syndromes in the Extremities 463
5.5 Peripheral Nerve Tumours 475
5.6 Autonomic Nervous System 477
Cranial Nerves 479
6.1 Cranial Nerve Deficits 480
6.2 Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes 481
6.3 Conclusion 486
Congenital Defects and Childhood Disorders 488
7.1 Cranial and Spinal Dysraphisms 489
7.2 Craniosynostosis 504
7.3 Neurocutaneous Syndromes 532
7.4 Hydrocephalus 541
Neuromodulation: Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery 546
8.1 Epilepsy 547
8.2 Pain 558
8.3 Functional Stereotactic Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders: Deep Brain Stimulation 566
8.4 Functional Applications of Radiosurgery 576
8.5 Image- Guided Neurosurgery 578
8.6 Spasticity and Muscles: Basics for Understanding the Different Treatment Modalities 590
Critical Neurosurgical Care 597
9.1 Consciousness Impairment 598
9.2 Intracranial Hypertension 601
9.3 Water and Electrolyte Regulation 607
9.4 Temperature Regulation 612
9.5 Respiration 615
9.6 Nutrition 620
9.7 Multiresistant Infections in Neurointensive Care Patients 623
9.8 Specific Aspects of Critical Care for Children 626
Subject Index 634