The evidence for neurosurgery / / edited by Zoher Ghogawala [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789126703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harley, Shrewsbury : , : tfm Publishing, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-908986-75-1; 1-908986-77-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (504 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GhogawalaZoher
• Disciplina: 617.48
• Soggetti: Nervous system - Surgery; Evidence-based medicine
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""COVER FRONT""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Foreword""; ""Section 1 Clinical evidence""; ""Chapter 1 Clinical evidence""; ""Section 2 Spinal neurosurgery""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 Lumbar spondylolisthesis""; ""Chapter 3 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy""; ""Chapter 4 Lumbar fusion for low back pain without neurologic symptoms or spinal deformity""; ""Chapter 5 Thoracolumbar spine fractures""; ""Chapter 6 Transpedicular instrumentation for lumbar fusion""; ""Chapter 7 Graft extenders in spinal surgery""; ""Chapter 8 Orthoses""; ""Chapter 9 Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures""""Chapter 10 Metastatic tumors of the spine""; ""Chapter 11 Motion-preservation strategies for the cervical spine""; ""Section 3 Functional neurosurgery""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 12 Temporal lobectomy for mesial temporal sclerosis""; ""Chapter 13 Surgical outcomes in non-lesional epilepsy""; ""Chapter 14 Neuromodulation procedures for movement disorders""; ""Chapter 15 Neuromodulation procedures for medical and psychiatric conditions""; ""Chapter 16 Stimulation of the central nervous system for chronic pain""; ""Section 4 Tumors""; ""Introduction""""Chapter 17 Brain metastases""; ""Chapter 18 Pituitary tumors""; ""Chapter 19 Surgery for glioblastoma""; ""Chapter 20 Stereotactic radiosurgery versus microsurgical resection for patients with vestibular schwannomas""; ""Chapter 21 Surgical resection of low-; grade gliomas""; ""Section 5 Pediatric neurosurgery""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 22 Chiari I malformation in children""; ""Chapter 23 Surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in children""; ""Chapter 24 Myelomeningocele""; ""Chapter 25 Medulloblastoma""; ""Section 6 Vascular neurosurgery""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 26 Unruptured cerebral aneurysms: observe, clip, or coil?""""Chapter 27 Ruptured cerebral aneurysms: clip or coil?""; ""Chapter 28 Intracranial arteriovenous malformations: epidemiology, natural history, and management""; ""Chapter 29 Extracranial carotid artery stenosis""; ""Chapter 30 Symptomatic intracranial arterial disease: medical therapy, stent, or bypass?""; ""Chapter 31 Cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage""; ""Chapter 32 Deep intracranial hemorrhage""; ""Section 7 Neurotrauma""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 33 Use of intracranial pressure and ventriculostomy in traumatic brain injury""""Chapter 34 The role of decompressive hemicraniectomy in traumatic brain injury""; ""Chapter 35 Timing of surgery for spinal cord injury""; ""COVER BACK""