Pediatric Neurosurgery for Clinicians

About this book

Covers a broad range of areas relevant to pediatric neurosurgery

Focuses on answering specific clinical questions

Contains content relevant to clinicians in a variety of disciplines including oncology and pathology

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. 

Table of contents (53 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-x

General Topics

Front Matter

Pages 1-1

History of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Amalia Christopoulou

Pages 3-12

Neurological Examination

Theodoros Gouvias, Aikaterini Drougia

Pages 13-37

Congenital and Developmental Cranial Anomalies

Front Matter

Pages 39-39

Hydrocephalus

Marcos V. D´Amato Figueiredo, Roberta Rehder

Pages 41-49

Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Newborn

Young-Soo Park

Pages 51-65

Arachnoid Cysts

Ahmed El Damaty

Pages 67-81

Dandy-Walker Malformation

Georgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 83-87

Chiari Malformation

Amin Tavallaii

Pages 89-118

Encephaloceles

Elie Hammam, Sarut Chaisrisawadisuk, Mark H. Moore, Stephen Santoreneos

Pages 119-134

Craniosynostosis

Marios Lampros, Georgios Alexiou, George Sfakianos, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 135-145

Craniofacial Syndromes

Ι. Ν. Mavridis, W. S. B. Wimalachandra, D. Rodrigues

Pages 147-161

Congenital and Developmental Spinal Anomalies

Front Matter

Pages 163-163

Myelomeningocele-Lipomyelomeningocele

Dimitrios Pachatouridis

Pages 165-169

Split Cord Malformations

Anastasios Nasios, Georgios Alexiou, George Sfakianos, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 171-176

Myeloschisis

Sandip Chatterjee, Arjun Dasgupta

Pages 177-183

Non-Dysraphic Spinal Lipomas

Chandrashekhar Deopujari, Mayur Mhatre, Harshal Agrawal

Pages 185-201

Tumors

Front Matter

Pages 203-203

Predisposing Syndromes

Kalliopi Stefanaki

Pages 205-218

Tumors

Scalp and Skull Tumors

Georgios Alexiou, Georgios Kafritsas, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 219-227

Astrocytomas

Matheus F. M. Ballestero, Luciano Furlanetti, Guilherme G. Podolsky, Ricardo S. de Oliveira

Pages 229-248

Embryonal Tumors

Jean-Paul Bryant, Toba N. Niazi

Pages 249-271

Ependymal Tumors

Georgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 273-280

Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors

Marios Lampros, Georgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 281-301

Craniopharyngioma and Other Sellar Tumors

Amets Sagarribay Irañeta

Pages 303-325

Pediatric Brainstem Tumors

Ariana Barkley, Jason Scott Hauptman

Pages 327-344

Pineal Region Tumors in Pediatric Patients

Joham Choque-Velasquez, Roberto Colasanti, Danil A. Kozyrev, Szymon Baluszek, Sajjad Muhammad, Juha Hernesniemi

Pages 345-369

Paediatric Brain Tumours: Rare Variants

Jia Xu Lim, Liming Qiu, Sharon Y. Y. Low, Wan Tew Seow

Pages 371-396

Spinal Tumors

Georgios Alexiou, Marios Lampros, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 397-416

Trauma

Front Matter

Pages 417-417

Abusive Head Trauma

Georgios Alexiou, Georgios Kafritsas, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 419-424

Pediatric Skull Fracture

Mohammad Jamous, Amer Al-Omari

Pages 425-432

Epidural Hematoma

Andreas Zigouris

Pages 433-443

Subdural Hematoma

Md. Moshiur Rahman, Ezequiel Garcia-Ballestas, Amit Agrawal, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar

Pages 445-450

Traumatic Axonal Injury - Intracerebral Hematoma

Dionysoula Skiada, Spyridon Voulgaris

Pages 451-457

Penetrating Head Trauma

Marios Lampros, Georgios Alexiou, George Sfakianos, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 459-467

Spine Trauma

Vino Siva, Marios C. Papadopoulos

Pages 469-481

Cerebrovascular Disorders

Front Matter

Pages 483-483

Arteriovenous Malformations

Torstein R. Meling

Pages 485-502

Cerebrovascular Disorders

Cavernous Malformations

Michael Karsy, Richard H. Schmidt, Robert J. Bollo

Pages 503-512

Intracerebral Aneurysms

Jillian H. Plonsker, Robert C. Rennert, Usman A. Khan, Michael L. Levy

Pages 513-524

Moya-Moya Disease

Ahmad Sweid, Abdelaziz Amllay, Pascal Jabbour

Pages 525-540

Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformations

Xiheng Chen, Xianli Lv

Pages 541-550

Functional

Front Matter

Pages 551-551

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Tristan Brunette-Clement, Aria Fallah, Alexander G. Weil

Pages 553-592

Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy

Marcelo Budke Neukamp, Antonio Gil-Nagel Rein, Angel Aledo Serrano

Pages 593-614

Hemispherectomy

Carrie R. Muh

Pages 615-632

Deep Brain Stimulation for Pediatric Movement Disorders

Santiago Candela-Cantó, Juan Darío Ortigoza-Escobar, Alejandra Darling, Jordi Rumià

Pages 633-651

Deep Brain Stimulation in the Management of Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Children

Luciano Furlanetti, Asfand Baig Mirza, Kantharuby Tambirajoo, Keyoumars Ashkan

Pages 653-667

Spasticity

George Georgoulis

Pages 669-678

Infections

Front Matter

Pages 679-679

Shunt Infection

Jorge Linares, Sara Iglesias, Bienvenido Ros

Pages 681-692

Epidural Abscess and Subdural Empyema

A. Tu, J. Hsu, P. Steinbok

Pages 693-711

Brain Abscess in Children

Suhas Udayakumaran, Chiazor U. Onyia

Pages 713-735

Encephalitis

Marios Lampros, Georgios Alexiou, Neofytos Prodromou

Pages 737-746

Spine Infection in Children

Pietro Spennato, Carmela Russo, Domenico Cicala, Gianluca Colella, Novella Carannante, Alessandra Marini et al.

Pages 747-769

Modern Concepts and Practices

Front Matter

Pages 771-771

Advances in Pediatric MRI

Loukas G. Astrakas, Maria I. Argyropoulou

Pages 773-791

Molecular Imaging in Pediatric Brain Tumors

Georgios Alexiou, Chrissa Sioka, Andreas D. Fotopoulos

Pages 793-801

Modern Concepts and Practices

Intraoperative Flow Cytometry in Pediatric Brain Tumors

Georgios Alexiou, George Vartholomatos

Pages 803-811

Advances in Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumours

Pinelopi Gkogkou, Thankamma V. Ajithkumar

Pages 813-838

Rehabilitation of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

Eleftherios-Spyridon Alexiou, Jiolanda Zika

Pages 839-842

Back Matter

Pages 843-861