1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910426053803321

Titolo

Hemifacial spasm : a comprehensive guide / / Kwan Park and Jae Sung Park (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

981-15-5417-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 154 p. 69 illus., 49 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

611.92

Soggetti

Neuromuscular diseases - Surgery

Face - Movement disorders - Treatment

Face - Movement disorders - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Epidemiology -- 2. Natural History -- 3. Novel Classifications in HFS -- 4. Pathogenesis -- 5. Clinical Diagnosis -- 6. Electrophysiological Diagnosis -- 7. Radiological Diagnosis -- 8. Differential Diagnosis -- 9. Surgical Principles -- 10. Technical Difficulties -- 11. Intraoperative Monitoring -- 12. Anesthesia -- 13. Medical Treatment -- 14. Botulinum Toxin Injection -- 15. Complications -- 16. Prognosis -- 17. Redo Surgery.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to hemifacial spasm, one of the very few neuromuscular disorders that can be treated surgically. All aspects are covered, including classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, surgical principles and practice, medical treatment, the role of botulinum toxin injection, complications, prognosis, and redo surgery. Dr. Kwan Park has performed microvascular decompression surgery, the treatment of choice, in more than 4000 hemifacial spasm patients at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. Over the past two decades, important lessons have been learned and new technologies adopted. This book draws together the many scientific contributions of Dr. Park and his team and offers the very latest insights into management of the condition. It will be an excellent guide for young neurosurgeons



wishing to master the relevant surgical skills, as well as for all other medical personnel who may encounter patients with involuntary twitching or contraction on one side of the face.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910904000003321

Autore

Hendrickson Brett

Titolo

Border Medicine : A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo / / Brett Hendrickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

9781479843015

1479843016

9781479861293

1479861294

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

North American Religions ; ; 10

Classificazione

REL000000MED039000HIS024000

Disciplina

973.046872

Soggetti

HISTORY / Latin America / General

MEDICAL / History

RELIGION / General

Healing - Mexican-American Border Region

Traditional medicine - Mexican-American Border Region

Mexican Americans - Religion

Mexican Americans - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Hybrid Healing in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- 2. American Metaphysical Religion and the West -- 3. Curanderismo in the United States -- 4. Channels of Healing -- 5. Mexican American Healing and the American Spiritual Marketplace -- 6. Reclaiming the Past and Redefining the Present -- 7. Curanderismo as Transcultural Religious Healing Tradition -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes --



Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

MexicanAmerican folk and religious healing, often referred to as curanderismo, has been a vital part of life in the Mexico-U.S.border region for centuries. A hybrid tradition made up primarily of indigenousand Iberian Catholic pharmacopeias, rituals, and notions of the self, curanderismo treats the sick person witha variety of healing modalities including herbal remedies, intercessory prayer,body massage, and energy manipulation. Curanderos,“healers,” embrace a holistic understanding of the patient, including body,soul, and community.Border Medicine examines the ongoingevolution of Mexican American religious healing from the end of the nineteenthcentury to the present. Illuminating the ways in which curanderismo has had an impact not only on the health and cultureof the borderlands but also far beyond, the book tracks its expansion from MexicanAmerican communities to Anglo and multiethnic contexts. While many healers treat Mexican and MexicanAmerican clientele, a significant number of curanderoshave worked with patients from other ethnic groups as well, especially thoseinvolved in North American metaphysical religions like spiritualism, mesmerism,New Thought, New Age, and energy-based alternative medicines. Hendricksonexplores this point of contact as an experience of transcultural exchange.Drawingon historical archives, colonial-era medical texts and accounts, earlyethnographies of the region, newspaper articles, memoirs, and contemporaryhealing guidebooks as well as interviews with contemporary healers, Border Medicine demonstrates the notableand ongoing influence of Mexican Americans on cultural and religious practicesin the United States, especially in the American West.