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First prize from the 2016 BMA Medical Book Awards for Surgical Specialties!

Winner of the 2017 PROSE Awards for Textbook/Clinical Medicine

This state-of-the-art volume is an unparalleled teaching tool that reveals invaluable tricks of the trade. It is an essential resource for pediatric and general neurosurgeons, neurosurgery residents and fellows.

Pediatric Neurosurgery is a uniquely exacting subspecialty in which surgeons are given the extraordinary privilege of alleviating suffering for gravely ill children, and in best-case scenarios, restoring their health. Understanding the vast and complex anatomy, pathology, and pathophysiology that evolves throughout childhood presents considerable challenges. Further, the field is rapidly progressing with advancements in neurodiagnostic imaging and surgical instrumentation, as well as an expanding knowledge of the molecular and genetic bases underlying many neurosurgical disorders.

While this book's primary focus is on how to achieve technical excellence in the OR, this is a remarkably personal book about the art of pediatric neurosurgery. In it you will find wisdom gained from decades of experience. Read this book, use the knowledge you gain from it, and you will become a safer, more skillful neurosurgeon.

Special Features:

- More than 800 stunning, full-color illustrations
- Online access to videos in which experts from all over the world demonstrate the operative nuances and techniques that help surgeons get patients safely in and out of the OR
- Written by master surgeons from 10 countries who share a wealth of insightful wisdom garnered from years of experience, refinement of surgical techniques, and development of numerous innovations
- Surgical pearls, operative nuances, procedural modifications, and techniques for avoiding and dealing with pitfalls

List of contents

Section I Introduction
1 Basic Surgical Technique
2 Diagnostic Procedures
3 Neuroanesthesia
4 Pre- and Postoperative Management of the Neurosurgical Patient
5 Pediatric Neurosurgical Positioning
6 Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring During Pediatric Neurosurgical Procedures
7 Surgical Safety
Section II Neurology
8 Neonatal Neurologic Examination
9 Neurologic Examination of the Child and Adolescent
Section III Congenital Malformations
Section III.A Malformations of the Scalp and Skull
10 Congenital Defects of the Scalp and Skull
11 Deformational Plagiocephaly
12 Nonsyndromic Synostosis: Overview
13 Sagittal Synostosis Repair Surgery
14 Operative Techniques in Cranial Vault Reconstruction: Nonsyndromic Coronal Craniosynostosis
15 The Surgical Repair of Unilateral Coronal Synostosis
16 The Surgical Repair of Metopic Synostosis
17 Syndromic Craniosynostosis
18 Minimally Invasive Craniosynostosis Surgery
19 External Distraction for Frontofacial Advancement
20 The Surgical Management of Craniopagus Twins
Section III.B Malformations of the Brain
21 Malformations of the Cerebral Hemispheres
22 Occipital Encephalocele
23 Surgical Approach to Sphenoethmoidal Encephaloceles
24 The Chiari I Malformation
25 The Chiari II Malformation
Section III.C Malformations of the Spine
26 Craniocervical Junction Abnormalities in Children
27 Disorders of the Vertebral Column
28 Spinal Deformity/Kyphosis
29 Scoliosis
Section III.D Malformations of the Spinal Cord
30 Myelomeningocele
31 Tight Filum Terminale
32 Spinal Tethering Tracts
33 Spinal Lipomas
34 Split Cord Malformation: From Gastrulation to Operation
35 Congenital Spinal Cysts
Section IV Hydrocephalus and Disorders of Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation
36 The Pathophysiology and Classification of Hydrocephalus
37 Ventricular Shunting for Hydrocephalus
38 Endoscopic Treatment of Hydrocephalus
39 Congenital Intracranial Cysts
40 The Dandy-Walker Malformation
41 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Section V Trauma
42 Management of Pediatric Scalp Injuries
43 Skull Fractures
44 Traumatic Brain Injury
45 Penetrating Head Injuries
46 Vascular Injuries
47 Abusive Head Injuries
48 Cranioplasty
49 Neurointensive Care of Head Injuries
50 Pediatric Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord Injuries
51 Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries
Section VI Neoplasms
52 Molecular and Genetic Advances in the Treatment of Brain Tumors
Section VI.A Supratentorial Neoplasms
53 Craniopharyngioma
54 Pineal Region Tumors
55 Cerebral Hemispheric Tumors
56 Intraventricular Tumors
57 Tumors of the Optic Pathway and Hypothalamus
58 Pituitary Tumors
Section VI.B Infratentorial Neoplasms
59 Cerebellar Astrocytoma
60 Medulloblastoma
61 Infratentorial Ependymomas
62 Pediatric Brainstem Gliomas
63 Intracranial Epidermoids
Section VI.C Scalp, Skull, and Skull Base Neoplasms
64 Tumors of the Scalp and Skull
65 Tumors of the Skull Base and Orbit
Section VI.D Neoplasms of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nerves
66 Tumors of the Vertebral Column
67 Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
68 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
69 The Surgical Management of Pediatric Brachial Plexus Tumors
Section VI.E Other
70 The Neurocutaneous Syndromes
71 Adjuvant Chemotherapy and the Role of Neurosurgery for Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
72 Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Tumors
Section VII Infections
Section VII.A Cran

Summary

First prize from the 2016 BMA Medical Book Awards for Surgical Specialties!
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Awards for Textbook/Clinical Medicine
This state-of-the-art volume is an unparalleled teaching tool that reveals invaluable tricks of the trade. It is an essential resource for pediatric and general neurosurgeons, neurosurgery residents and fellows.
Pediatric Neurosurgery is a uniquely exacting subspecialty in which surgeons are given the extraordinary privilege of alleviating suffering for gravely ill children, and in best-case scenarios, restoring their health. Understanding the vast and complex anatomy, pathology, and pathophysiology that evolves throughout childhood presents considerable challenges. Further, the field is rapidly progressing with advancements in neurodiagnostic imaging and surgical instrumentation, as well as an expanding knowledge of the molecular and genetic bases underlying many neurosurgical disorders.
While this book's primary focus is on how to achieve technical excellence in the OR, this is a remarkably personal book about the art of pediatric neurosurgery. In it you will find wisdom gained from decades of experience. Read this book, use the knowledge you gain from it, and you will become a safer, more skillful neurosurgeon.
Special Features:

• More than 800 stunning, full-color illustrations
• Online access to videos in which experts from all over the world demonstrate the operative nuances and techniques that help surgeons get patients safely in and out of the OR
• Written by master surgeons from 10 countries who share a wealth of insightful wisdom garnered from years of experience, refinement of surgical techniques, and development of numerous innovations
• Surgical pearls, operative nuances, procedural modifications, and techniques for avoiding and dealing with pitfalls

Product details

• Authors: Alan R Cohen, Alan R. Cohen
• Publisher: Thieme, Stuttgart
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2015
• EAN: 9781604068696
• ISBN: 978-1-60406-869-6
• No. of pages: 912
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 47 mm x 288 mm
• Weight: 3022 g
• Illustrations: Beilage: Online resource, MediaCenter (protected)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Innere Medizin, Neurochirurgie, Kinderarzt, Pädiatrie, Kinderheilkunde, Klinische und Innere Medizin, Medizin / Innere Medizin, Chirurgie / Neurochirurgie, Brain; Pediatrics