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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465225403321

Titolo

Surgery of the autonomic nervous system / / edited by Jonathan A. Hyam, Erlick A. C. Pereira, Alexander L. Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-176629-1

0-19-150988-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

612.89

Soggetti

Autonomic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system - Surgery

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Plates; 1 Neural control of the heart and cardiovascular system; Jonathan A. Hyam and Alexander L. Green; 2 Baroreceptor activation therapy: A surgical approach to the treatment of hypertension; Peter W. de Leeuw and Abraham A. Kroon; 3 Deep-brain stimulation and blood pressure disorders; Alexander L. Green, Erlick A. C. Pereira, and Jonathan A. Hyam; 4 Lateral medullary decompression for essential hypertension; Peter J. Jannetta and Kenneth F. Casey; 5 Device-based approaches to target renal sympathetic nerves for hypertension

Markus Schlaich and Murray Esler6 Evolution and developments in autonomic control of the heart I: the neurocardiac axis; Mike J. L. DeJongste, Gerbrand J. Groen, and Robert D. Foreman; 7 Evolution and developments in autonomic control of the heart II: therapeutical interventions; Mike J. L. DeJongste, Michiel Kuijpers, Gerbrand J. Groen, and Robert D. Foreman; 8 Periarterial sympathectomy in the treatment of upper extremity peripheral vascular disease; Christian E. Sampson; 9 Spinal cord stimulation for complex regional pain syndrome I: mechanisms; Tim McCormick and Stana Bojanic



10 Spinal cord stimulation for complex regional pain syndrome II: clinical applicationsStana Bojanic and Tim McCormick; 11 Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias I: peripheral neuromodulation (occipital nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation); Sarah Miller, Laurence Watkins, and Manjit S. Matharu; 12 Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias II: deep-brain stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus for chronic cluster headache; Giuseppe Messina, Roberto Cordella, Michele Rizzi, Massimo Leone, and Angelo Franzini; 13 The central nervous system in control of continence and sexual functions

Thelma Lovick and Gert Holstege14 Pudendal nerve stimulation; Philip E. V. Van Kerrebroeck and Martijn A. C. Smits; 15 Sacral nerve stimulation for lower urinary tract dysfunction; Philip E. V. Van Kerrebroeck and Tom A. T. Marcelissen; 16 Neuromodulation for faecal incontinence and constipation; Emma V. Carrington, Emma H. Horrocks, Charles Knowles, and Noel N. Thin; 17 Gastric stimulation for obesity and gastroparesis; Edy E. Soffer; 18 Hyperhidrosis: pathophysiology and available therapies

Brian Perri, Shoshanna Vaynman, Samer Ghostine, Srinath Samudrala, J. Patrick Johnson, and Khawar Siddique19 Vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of epilepsy I: history, vagus nerve physiology, and putative mechanisms; Benjamin I. Rapoport and Joseph R. Madsen; 20 Vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of epilepsy II: procedure, evidence, and adverse events; Benjamin I. Rapoport and Joseph R. Madsen; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews the basic science underpinning the autonomic control of various body systems as well as the state-of-the-art clinical applications by which these systems are surgically modulated in patients today.