Category: Neurosurgery

By Babak Kateb, John D. Heiss

ISBN-10: 1439849412

ISBN-13: 9781439849415

Nanoneuroscience, nanoneurosurgery, and nanobioelectronics have the capability to revolutionize medication and enhance the prevention, analysis, and therapy of neurological issues over the following 10-20 years. The Textbook of Nanoneuroscience and Nanoneurosurgery provides a cutting-edge assessment of the sector, offering present information regarding nanoplatforms and their use in neurosurgery, neurology, neuroscience, and neuroradiology.

The textual content additionally experiences the newest regulatory directions that impact the interpretation of nanotechnological examine from the laboratory to the medical institution, in addition to the newest details on biodevices and pharmaceutical spinoffs. It highlights presidential and congressional projects and courses which could considerably influence the sector within the close to destiny. Chapters talk about the newest technology and technologies—which are utilized to prognosis and therapy of neurological disorders—as good as regulatory matters that effect product development.

This quantity describes advances that experience already been translated to the health center or carry major promise for destiny program in nanoneurosurgery, in addition to their power influence. A full-color textual content, the e-book includes contributions by means of greater than a hundred and twenty researchers, unique and descriptive illustrations, and greater than 3,000 references. delivering vast insurance of nanotechnological purposes in assorted parts and addressing FDA legislation and healthcare coverage, this quantity presents a origin of rules and strategies for scientists and physicians to plot profitable, much less invasive tactics for destiny therapy of anxious process disorders.

By Klaus Dieter Maria Resch

ISBN-10: 3540303197

ISBN-13: 9783540303190

ISBN-10: 3540425055

ISBN-13: 9783540425052

Endoscopic neurosurgery has no longer but reached the protection and applicability of microsurgery. Endo-neuro-sonography is a brand new method geared toward making endoscopy more secure by means of real-time imaging and navigation means (brain-radar). The endo-neurosonographic picture is a sonographic experiment on the tip of the endoscope (mini-CT) offering more information to the endoscopic view. Endo-Neuro-Sonography is the 1st publication in this new subject, proposing suggestions and gear, anatomical good points, and the 1st scientific sequence. Schematic drawings, tables and 237 figures (122 in colour) supply an exact evaluate of this system. the ultimate bankruptcy is facing destiny techniques on minimally invasive neurosurgery and particular connection with ergonomics in neurosurgery.

By Ansgar M. Brambrink, Jeffrey R. Kirsch

ISBN-10: 0387095616

ISBN-13: 9780387095615

This guide is aimed toward first-line wellbeing and fitness care services concerned about the perioperative care of grownup and pediatric neurosurgical sufferers. it really is certain in its systematic specialize in how one can care for universal and significant scientific demanding situations encountered in daily perform within the OR, the PACU, and the ICU and is designed as a problem-solving device for all participants of the perioperative drugs group: trainees and school in anesthesiology, neurosurgery, and significant care; nurses; nurse anesthetists; and physician’s assistants.

 

• Encompasses medical continuum from neurosurgical pre-op to serious care – plus anesthesia in neuroradiology

• grownup and pediatric care

• established algorithmic technique helps scientific decision-making

• Succinct presentation of clinically correct simple science

• End-of-chapter summaries, with feedback for additional reading

• Collaborative method and multidisciplinary nature of perioperative drugs emphasized

• wide precis tables

• moveable and formatted for speedy retrieval of information

• perfect to be used within the OR, the PACU, and the ICU

By Graham Flint, Clare Rusbridge

ISBN-10: 3540724842

ISBN-13: 9783540724841

ISBN-10: 3642137067

ISBN-13: 9783642137068

Syringomelia is a comparatively infrequent medical entity within which fluid-filled cavities advance in the spinal twine. even though glossy imaging applied sciences frequently enable a correct prognosis at an early degree, syringomyelia is still an enigmatic situation. This reference monograph presents an up to date account of the current kingdom of figuring out of syringomyelia and similar issues. The editors objective to rfile the easiest medical perform in analysis and remedy and to supply transparent suggestions on tips to decrease the prevalence of critical results. New demanding situations are addressed, together with the correct administration of the expanding variety of it appears idiopathic syrinx cavities which are detected. additionally, controversies in present perform and instructions for destiny examine are absolutely mentioned. Syringomelia may be a useful resource of knowledge for specialists within the box, experts in numerous comparable disciplines and different well-being care professionals.

By Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Jakob Steiger, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Robert Schmid-Elsaesser, Dr. Alexander Muacevic, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartmut Brückmann, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Berndt Wowra (auth.)

ISBN-10: 3709161630

ISBN-13: 9783709161630

ISBN-10: 3709172764

ISBN-13: 9783709172766

By John D. Pickard

ISBN-10: 321128253X

ISBN-13: 9783211282533

This sequence, backed through the ecu organization of Neurosurgical Societies, has already develop into a vintage. mostly, one quantity is released in line with yr. The Advances part offers fields of neurosurgery and similar components during which vital fresh development has been made. The Technical criteria part good points precise descriptions of normal tactics to help younger neurosurgeons of their post-graduate education. The contributions are written through skilled clinicians and are reviewed through all participants of the Editorial Board.

By James Vincent Byrne

ISBN-10: 3642191533

ISBN-13: 9783642191534

This publication goals to supply the trainee and practising minimally invasive neurological therapist with a entire figuring out of the history technology and thought that types the basis in their paintings. The contents are in keeping with the academic educating thoughts used on the college of Oxford and are authored via the MSc direction Director. the educational is a studying episode focussed on a selected subject and meant to lead the student/reader throughout the history literature, to spotlight the study on which average practices are dependent and to supply the insights of an skilled practitioner. every one bankruptcy of the booklet covers a special subject to construct a whole overview of the subspecialty, with in-depth dialogue of all at present used recommendations. The literature is reviewed and offered in context to demonstrate its value to the perform of this speedily increasing box of scientific treatment.

By Panayiotis Varelas

ISBN-10: 1588293424

ISBN-13: 9781588293428

ISBN-10: 1592598412

ISBN-13: 9781592598410

The 1st version of Seizures in serious Care: A consultant to prognosis and Therapeutics, which seemed in 2005, crammed a huge desire within the ar- mentarium of the neurological, neurosurgical, and scientific intensivists who care for heavily in poor health sufferers within the ICU surroundings. in contrast to epilepsy, because it u- best friend provides within the outpatient division, seizures in ICU sufferers are almost always secondary phenomena that represent that anything is heavily amiss in very unwell sufferers with basic clinical or surgical illness. The activity of the int- sivist is to spot the reason for the seizure or seizures, research the myriad of capability contributing elements, and supply acceptable administration and tre- ment that takes all facets of the patient’s ailment under consideration. As within the first variation, Dr. Varelas and his affiliates realize the extraordinary significance of suggested reputation, analysis, and complex administration of seizures during this team of heavily in poor health sufferers. Dr. Varelas has now recollected his team of individuals and produced a brand new and recent compendium of what one must recognize as a way to paintings successfully during this tricky and significant region. A great addition to the hot variation is the bankruptcy by way of Friedman and Hirsch at the position of constant tracking within the ICU that's crucial for the prognosis and remedy of nonconvulsive seizures as those could be the commonest kind of seizures during this atmosphere yet are frequently overlooked within the review of sufferers in stupor or coma.

By J. Bogousslavsky, M.G. Hennerici, H. Bäzner, C. Bassetti

ISBN-10: 3805593309

ISBN-13: 9783805593304

ISBN-10: 3805593317

ISBN-13: 9783805593311

The 3rd a part of "Neurological problems in well-known Artists" provides painters, musicians, and writers who needed to struggle opposed to an acute or power neurological affliction. occasionally this struggle was once with out good fortune (e.g. Shostakovich, Schumann, Wolf, Pascal), yet usually a dynamic and paradoxical creativity of the medical illness was once built-in into their inventive creation (e.g. Klee, Ramuz). sometimes, a few even wrote the 1st document of a clinical situation they saw in themselves, like Stendhal who made a close document of aphasic brief ischemic assaults earlier than demise of stroke presently thereafter. In rarer circumstances, a neurological illness was once inaccurately attributed to an artist with the intention to clarify definite positive factors of his paintings (de Chirico, Schiele). a few chapters during this e-book specialize in neurological stipulations suggested in creative paintings, together with descriptions through Shakespeare and Dumas. Bringing new mild to either artists and neurological stipulations, this publication serves as a beneficial and enjoyable learn for neurologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and anyone attracted to arts, literature and track.

By Stephen Russell

ISBN-10: 1626230382

ISBN-13: 9781626230385