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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784002403321

Autore

Carlstedt Thomas

Titolo

Central nerve plexus injury [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Carlstedt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-12050-2

9786611120504

1-86094-870-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

617.482059

Soggetti

Central nervous system - Wounds and injuries

Nervous system - Wounds and injuries

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Intraspinal Plexus Injury and Its Natural History; 3. Surgical Anatomy; 4. Assessment of Patients with Intraspinal Plexus Injuries; 5. Palliative Peripheral Nerve Procedures for Spinal Root Injuries; 6. Basic Science of Experimental Root Injuries; 7. Surgical Exposures and Repairs; 8. Outcome; 9. Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This unique volume presents the first successful surgical strategy to repair the spinal root and the associated spinal cord injury that follows from severe traction injuries to the brachial and lumbosacral nerve plexus. The basic science background to this novel surgical technique is described, and the contemporary palliative procedures as well as clinical and ancillary assessments are given together with a meticulous description of the functional outcome of the surgery. Covering the research that led to the author's pioneering application of this surgical technique to the clinical human situa