Severe Head Injuries

Severe head injuries are a frequent occurrence in the life of every emergency care specialist, traumatologist, neurosurgeon, and rehabilitation specialist. For example, between 30.000 to 40.000 severe head injuries occur in Germany each year. Over 75.000 Americans die each year after having suffered a severe head injury. Nevertheless, treatment is not always optimal. Survival and longterm outcome depends not only on the type of injury but also on timely and appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Thus, all physicians involved must be aware of the current procedures in the management of severe head injuries. This reference book, based on the experience of international experts, provides an up to date and practical guideline.
TOC: Contents: Radiology in Diagnostic of Severe Head Injuries.- Epidemiology.- Operative Strategies on Complicated Brain Injuries with Fronto-and Laterobasal CSF Fistula.- Fractures and Traumatic Hematomas.- Neurological-, Neurophysiological Syndroms and Cognitive Disorders in Brain Injured Patients.- Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Therapeutical Advance.- Operative Strategies on Combined Brain, Head and Facial Injuries.- Current Pathophysiology of Brain Protection in Head Injury Patients.- Advances in Neurophysiological Rehabilitation on Brain Injured Patients.- Quality and Therapeutical Advances in Multimodality Neuromonitoring Following Head Injury.- Neuropathology of Diffuse Axional Brain Injury.- Preclinical treatment of Severe Brain Injury.- Traumatic Leasions on Cranial Nervs in Head Injured Patients.