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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.89
• Soggetto topico: Autonomic nervous system; Autonomic nervous system - Surgery
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HyamJonathan A.; PereiraErlick A. C.; GreenAlexander L.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Surgery of the autonomic nervous system
• ISBN: 0-19-176629-1; 0-19-150988-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465225403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II