1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780401703321

Autore

Winner Paul, DO.

Titolo

Headache in children and adolescents [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Winner, Donald W. Lewis, A. David Rothner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamilton, Ont. ; ; London, : B C Decker, 2008

ISBN

1-282-27422-8

9786612274220

1-60795-067-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisDonald W (Donald Wray)

RothnerA. David

Disciplina

618.928491

Soggetti

Headache in children

Headache in adolescence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Title and Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Epidemiology and Classification of Headache""; ""2. Evaluation of Headache""; ""3. Migraine and the Childhood Periodic Syndromes""; ""4. Other Primary Headaches in Children and Adolescents""; ""5. Video Demonstration of Headache Disorders""; ""6. Genetics of Migraine Headache""; ""7. Migraine Pathophysiology""; ""8. Chronic Daily Headache in Children and Adolescents""; ""9. Cluster and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias""; ""10. Secondary Headaches in Children and Adolescents""

""11. Medical Causes of Headache""""12. Epilepsy and Migraine Headache""; ""13. Post-traumatic Headache""; ""14. Pharmacologic Treatment of Headache""; ""15. Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Headache: Hidden Opportunities""; ""16. Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Childhood Headaches""; ""17. Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Department""; ""18. Menstrual Migraine and Other Headache Issues in Female Children and Adolescents""; ""Appendix""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254526903321

Titolo

Achalasia : Diagnosis and Treatment / / edited by P. Marco Fisichella, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marco G. Patti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-13569-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Gastroenterology 

Thoracic surgery

Gastroenterology

Thoracic Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.  A one hundred year journey: the history of surgery for esophageal achalasia -- 2. Pathophysiology of Achalasia -- 3. Clinical Presentation and diagnostic evaluation -- 4. Achalasia and Chagas Disease -- 5. Botulinum Toxin Injection -- 6. Pneumatic dilatation -- 7. Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) -- 8. Heller Mytotomy for Achalasia: From the Thoracoscopic to the Laparoscopic Approach -- 9. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Fundoplication: What Type? -- 10. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Dor Fundoplication -- 11. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Toupet Partial Posterior Fundoplication -- 12. Achalasia and Epiphrenic Diverticulum -- 13. Thoracoscopic Treatment of Epiphrenic Diverticula Associated with Achalasia -- 14. The Surgical Management of Achalasia in the Morbid Obese Patient -- 15. Treatment of Achalasia in the Patient with Dilated Esophagus -- 16. Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Recurrent Dysphagia after Heller Myotomy -- 17. Esophagectomy for End Stage Achalasia -- 18. Achalasia and Eating Disorders -- 19. Achalasia in the Pediatric Population.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive  book covers the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal achalasia. The successful management of patients with this



disease, whose treatment can be complex and usually performed in specialized tertiary-care centres, is described by internationally renowned authors. Detailed operations and current diagnostic and management strategies are discussed, giving the reader expert knowledge in specific aspects of Achalasia.   Achalasia: Diagnosis and Treatment is ideal for residents, fellows and specialists in both general and thoracic surgical disciplines as well as in gastroenterology.