Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine: Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Techniques

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-05-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 8847008395
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9788847008397
Binding: Paperback

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Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in neuroradiology and diseases of the spine. The different topics are disease-oriented and encompass all the relevant imaging modalities including X-ray technology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance, as well as image-guided interventional techniques. It represents a unique experience for residents in radiology as well as for experienced radiologists wishing to be updated on the current state of the art.
| Tags: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology |

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Blood-Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers in Health and Disease

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 2003-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0126390118
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780126390117
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Recent research into the anatomy and pathophysiology of the blood-brain and blood-spinal cord barriers suggests that a breakdown in these barriers can result in several diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS). This book presents new findings in the area of blood-brain barrier research that suggest barriers play important roles in health and disease conditions. It also discusses the development of new drugs that can modulate the barrier function in the CNS and may provide new approaches to treating neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and other motor neuron diseases, as well as spinal cord trauma.
Key Features
* Presents the recent progress made in the research on the blood-brain and spinal cord barrier
* Contains numerous illustrations of light and electron micrographs
* Includes Foreword written by two eminent researchers in the field, Milton Brightman and Jorge Cervos-Navarro
| Tags: Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery |

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Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Number Of Pages: 1000
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1888799617
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781888799613
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
This is the most comprehensive text available, encompassing the breadth and depth of the field of spinal cord medicine, covering topics from acute medical and surgical management to cutting-edge research, rehabilitation, and psychosocial care. This book was developed for all physicians, research scientists, and other health care professionals involved in the management of individuals with SCI, multiple sclerosis, and other spinal cord disorders. This practical clinical guide is the ultimate single source of information on SCM. It will be especially useful for physicians taking the examination for Subspecialty Certification in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. Spinal Cord Medicine has 74 chapters written by leaders in their fields
| Tags: Neurosurgery, Neurology |

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Handbook on Cerebral Artery Dissection (Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience)

Publisher: Karger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 178
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3805579861
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783805579865
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Leading international experts summarize up-to-date findings on the presentation, diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapy of cerebral artery dissection. Several topics, such as the first animal model of cervical artery dissection, the epidemiology and its association with connective tissue abnormalities in skin and arteries, genetic approaches in the study of risk factors as well as the main etiologies of spontaneous and traumatic cervical artery dissection are discussed. The book also gives an insight into the clinical manifestations of carotid and vertebral artery dissection and to the possibilities and limitations of the main diagnostic tools, ultrasound, CT and MR imaging, and angiography.The last part of the publication presents the prognosis, thrombolysis and antithrombotic therapy of cervical artery dissection and concludes with an overview of intracranical dissection.Specialists in neurology, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, internal medicine as well as general practitioners will
| Tags: Neurology, Neuroscience |

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Plum and Posner’s Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma

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Book Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (11 June, 2007)
ISBN: 0195321316
Book author: Jerome B. Posner, Clifford B. Saper, Nicholas Schiff, Fred Plum
Amazon Rating: 5.0

Book Description:
Delirium, stupor and coma are common clinical states that confront clinicians in almost every medical specialty. With appropriate diagnosis and treatment, coma can often be treated successfully. Conversely, delay in diagnosis and treatment may be lethal. This monograph provides an update on the clinical approach that was laid out in the previous 3 editions. It describes an approach for the physician at the bedside to diagnose and treat alterations of consciousness, based on pathophysiologic principles. The book begins with a description of the physiology of consciousness and the pathophysiology of disorders of consciousness. It continues with a description of the approach to a patient with a disorder of consciousness, emphasizing the bedside examination, but including the use of modern imaging techniques. The important structural and metabolic causes of coma are reviewed in detail. It then describes the emergency treatment, both medical and surgical, of patients with specific disorders of consciousness and their prognosis. New chapters describe the approach to the diagnosis of brain death and the clinical physiology of the vegetative state and minimally conscious state, as well as the ethics of dealing with such patients and their families. The book is aimed at medical students and residents, in fields from internal medicine and pediatrics to emergency medicine, surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, who are likely to encounter patients with disordered states of consciousness. It includes historical background and basic neurophysiology that is important for those in the clinical neurosciences, but also lays out a practical approach to the comatose patient that is an important part of the repertoire of all clinicians who provide emergency care for patients with disorders of consciousness.
| Tags: Neurology, Neuroscience, Differential diagnosis |

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Advanced Therapy in Thoracic Surgery

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Book Publisher: BC Decker Inc. (01 May, 2005)
ISBN: 1550090801
Book author: Kenneth L., M.D. Franco, Joe B., Jr., M.D. Putnam
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This work presents state-of-the-art techniques in thoracic surgery from the investigators who have developed them. Each of the succinct chapters represents the personal treatment protocols of leading experts. The Advanced Therapy concept is famous for conveying therapeutic information in an efficient, quick-review fashion. This authoritative title provides access to expert consultation on the toughest challenges facing thoracic surgeons today. New chapters to this second edition include: New Techniques to Manage Pain; Advances in Diagnostic Imaging; Management of Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum, Updates on Diaphragmatic Pacing; and Preoperative Evaluation of Neuro-Motor Diseases of the Esophagus.
| Tags: Surgery, Cardiac surgery, Thoracic surgery |

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Cancer in the Spine: Comprehensive Care (Current Clinical Oncology)

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Book Publisher: Humana Press (01 January, 2006)
ISBN: 1588290743
Book author: Robert F. McLain, Maurie Markman, Ronald M. Bukowski, Roger Macklis, Edward C. Benzel
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Book Description:
Distinguished physicians and researchers from prestigious Cancer Centers around the world offer their expertise in current and innovative management of cancer in the spine. These authors bring together the latest thinking from diverse fields of medicine to provide, in one volume, a guide to coordinated management of all aspects of spinal tumors covering chemo- and radiation therapy, pain management, diagnostic radiology, as well as reconstructive surgery and palliative care. Highlights include management of vertebral metastases, innovations in radiotherapy, treatment of pathological fractures, curative strategies for primary malignancies, as well as a guide to pain management and end-of-life care.
| Tags: Neurology, Oncology, Neurosurgery |

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Pediatric Neuropathology: A Text-Atlas

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-07-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 4431702466
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9784431702467
Binding: Hardcover

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Neuropathology is the foundation for understanding developmental neuroscience, pediatric neurology, and neurosurgery, but until now a comprehensive volume covering all aspects of pediatric neuropathology was not available. This atlas is thus a unique, comprehensive reference providing the fundamentals of developmental brain disorders of the nervous system that can affect fetuses, infants and young children, as well as the essentials of diagnosis in developmental brain pathology and neuroimaging. With an emphasis on the characteristic morphology and a concise summary of clinical features, pathogenesis, and genetics, the generously illustrated atlas presents more than 100 disorders, including the common diseases of the peripheral nervous system as well as genetically determined metabolic and storage diseases. This compilation is a valuable resource for pathologists, pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons, geneticists, neonatologists, radiologists, and pediatricians.
| Tags: Pediatrics, Neurology, Atlas |

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Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 823
Publication Date: 1997-01-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0127431705
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780127431703
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases is a handy reference source for scientists, students, and physicians needing reliable, up-to-date information on basic mechanisms, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical issues related to brain vasculature. The book consists of short, specific chapters written by international experts on cerebral vasculature, and presents the information in a comprehensive and easily accessible manner. The book also contains valuable information on practical applications of basic research.
Key Features
* Presents topics in a comprehensive and accessible format
* Written by international authorities on cerebral vasculature
* Provides practical applications for researchers
| Tags: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery |

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Clinical Neuroanatomy (Clinical Neuroanatomy for Medical Students (Snell))

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Book Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (01 July, 2005)
ISBN: 0781759935
Book author: Richard S Snell
Amazon Rating: 2.5

Book Description:
Now in its Sixth Edition, this popular text gives medical and allied health students a complete and clinically oriented introduction to neuroanatomy. Each chapter begins with clearly stated objectives, includes clinical cases, and ends with clinical notes, clinical problems, and review questions. More than 450 illustrations enhance the text. This edition’s illustrations have been reworked for greater visual appeal and more diagnostic images have been added. Selected illustrations from Haines’ Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems, Sixth Edition have been included. Coverage of neurophysiology has been expanded and updated. A bound-in CD-ROM contains 386 USMLE-style review questions with answers and explanations.
| Tags: Neurology, Anatomy, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery |

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Image Processing in Radiology: Current Applications (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging)

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Book Publisher: Springer (04 December, 2007)
ISBN: 3540259155
Book author: A.L. Baert, E. Neri, D. Caramella, C. Bartolozzi

Book Description:
Few fields have witnessed such impressive advances as image processing in radiology. The progress achieved has revolutionized diagnosis and greatly facilitated treatment selection and accurate planning of procedures. This book, written by leading experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of how to use 2D and 3D processing tools in clinical radiology. The first section covers a wide range of technical aspects in an informative way. This is followed by the main section, in which the principal clinical applications are described and discussed in depth. To complete the picture, a third section focuses on various special topics. The book will be invaluable to radiologists of any subspecialty who work with CT and MRI and would like to exploit the advantages of image processing techniques. It also addresses the needs of radiographers who cooperate with clinical radiologists and should improve their ability to generate the appropriate 2D and 3D processing.
| Tags: Gastroenterology, Radiology, Surgery, Oncology, ENT, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery |

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Clinical Functional MRI: Presurgical Functional Neuroimaging

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Book Publisher: Springer (04 April, 2007)
ISBN: 3540244697
Book author: K. Sartor, Christoph Stippich

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About this book
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) permits noninvasive imaging of the “human brain at work” under physiological conditions. This is the first textbook on clinical fMRI. It is devoted to preoperative fMRI in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies, which are the most well-established clinical applications. By localizing and lateralizing specific brain functions, as well as epileptogenic zones, fMRI facilitates the selection of a safe treatment and the planning and performance of function-preserving neurosurgery. State of the art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of the physiological and methodological background, imaging and data processing, normal and pathological findings, diagnostic possibilities and limitations, and other related techniques. All chapters are written by recognized experts in their fields, and the book is designed to be of value to beginners, trained clinicians and experts alike.
Written for:
Beginners, trained clinicians and experts in Neuroradiology, Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Neuropsychology, Clinical Neurosciences
| Tags: Radiology, Neurology, Oncology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery |

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Orthospinology Procedures: An Evidence-Based Approach to Spinal Care

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Book Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (01 March, 2007)
ISBN: 0781784360
Book author: Kirk Eriksen, Roderic P Rochester
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Book Description:
This text presents the current and updated teaching of the Orthospinology procedure. Written by the author of the landmark text Upper Cervical Subluxation Complex, this book is a step-by-step, thoroughly illustrated guide to the Orthospinology procedure for correcting subluxations. Whereas Upper Cervical Subluxation Complex explains the “why” of upper cervical chiropractic care, Orthospinology Procedures teaches the “how” and reviews the evidence supporting this procedure. The book details the X-ray analysis methods used to quantify the subluxation and determine an effective correction vector. Subsequent chapters present steps for ensuring the precision of the X-ray analysis, performing specific adjustments, assessing the effectiveness of the adjustment, and fine-tuning the correction to the individual patient. More than 300 photographs and drawings clarify complex points.
| Tags: Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics |

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Brain Metastases (Cancer Treatment and Research)

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2007-10-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387692215
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387692210
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Brain metastases are the most dreaded complication of systemic cancer, affecting approximately 170,000 people a year, a far greater incidence than primary brain tumors. Advances in modern chemotherapy have led to an improved control of system cancers, often with agents that poorly penetrate the central nervous system, resulting in an increasing incidence of brain metastases. Traditional chemotherapy has had little impact on brain metastases. The main therapeutic option is radiation therapy, and in a small number of patients - surgery. However, refinements in all of these treatments offer some positive outcomes and an increased ability to stratify patients based on certain criteria.
This book will bring current information on the presentation and management of patients with brain metastases, providing available data, giving guidelines that can be applied in day to day practice, updated information for neuro-surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and neuro-oncologists, as well as an overview for physicians in training.
| Tags: Neurology, Oncology |

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Radiosurgery and Pathological Fundamentals

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Book Publisher: Not Avail (31 December, 2007)
ISBN: 3805582005
Book author: G. T. Szeifert, D. Kondziolka, M. Levivier, L. D. Lunsford
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Book Description:
Because of the huge clinical experience that has been accumulated in radiosurgery, it seems timely to explore and process out systematically pathological fundamentals on the effect of focused irradiation. The better understanding of radiobiology will enhance the outcomes of radiosurgical procedures. Renowned experts from all over the world discuss the baselines of pathology and radiobiology, medical physical principles, dose prescription guidelines, current radiosurgical techniques, advanced computer technology and recent imaging methods in radiosurgery. In this unique volume the most pioneering feature is the parallel discussion of clinical radiosurgical results with fundamental pathological findings following high-dose focused irradiation. Topics range from benign and malignant brain tumors, vascular malformations, functional disorders, ocular and spinal radiosurgery, interstitial brachytherapy to experimental efforts. This publication gives neurosurgeons, radiosurgeons, radiologists, pathologists, medical physicists, neurologists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists as well as nuclear medicine and medical information technology experts an excellent understanding of the latest development of pathological fundamentals and new trends in radiosurgery.
| Tags: Oncology, Neurosurgery, Radiology |

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Brain Death: A Reappraisal

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Book Publisher: Springer (21 June, 2007)
ISBN: 038738975X
Book author: C. Machado

Book Description:
This text is intended to provide an overview of brain death. The topics explored in this book are the concept and historical approach of human death, clinical examinations of brain-dead patients, ancillary tests in coma and brain death, bioethical discussions of brain death and its relationship with some consciousness disturbances, and the legal considerations of human death.
| Tags: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Emergency & Critical Care |

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Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders

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Book Publisher: Humana Press (October, 2002)
ISBN: 0896039218
Book author: Daniel Tarsy, Jerrold L. Vitek, Andres M. Lozano

Book Description:
A panel of highly experienced neurosurgeons, neurophysiologists, neuropsychologists, and neuroanatomists join forces to create an integrated, cutting-edge survey all of the methodologies necessary for successful surgical treatment. On the surgical side they review a variety of techniques for Parkinson’s disease, including thalamotomy, pallidotomy and bilateral pallidotomy, subthalamotomy, pallidal and thalamic deep brain stimulation, and subthalmic deep brain stimulation. Surgical therapy for tremor and dystonia is also covered. On the patient side, the authors systematically examine the key issues involved in any surgical procedure: Patient selection, patient assessment before and after surgery, brain target localization, and postoperative programming of brain stimulators.
| Tags: Neurology, Surgery, Neurosurgery |

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Intracranial Tumors of the Central Nervous System

Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Number Of Pages: 420
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1901865371
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781901865370

Book Description:
Written by leading professionals in the field of neuro-oncology, this book provides a valuable overview and presentation of the most up-to-date ideas in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of intracranial tumors. Covering the recent diagnostic and therapeutic tools available in the radiological armanentarium, including MRI, stereotactic needle biopsy, functional MRI, 3D conformal radiotherapy (RT), radiosurgery, fractionated stereotactic RT, new chemotherapy agents and novel regimens, gene therapy, and anti-angiogenesis factors, and illustrated with quality images throughout, the book will be of great interest to all health professionals in this field.
| Tags: Oncology, Neurology, Neurosurgery |

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Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery

Publisher: THIEME
Number Of Pages: 338
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN / ASIN: 0865778302

Book Description:
This pocket-sized Thieme flexibook offers quick, reliable clarification of a wide and often confusing array of presenting symptoms. The book provides vital diagnostic information in a convenient tabular format that leaves "no stone unturned" in considering the rarer possibilities, and is enormously helpful in achieving an accurate diagnosis. Handy and comprehensive, it is ideal for physicians involved in examining and admitting patients who require neurosurgical intervention.
| Tags: Differential Diagnosis, Neurology, Neurosurgery |

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Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke

Publisher: Humana Press
Number Of Pages: 424
Publication Date: 2001-02-15
ISBN / ASIN: 0896037460

Book Description:
The world's leading experts detail the basic rationale, scientific evidence, and treatment protocol for thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke patients. These experienced clinicians show how promptly delivered thrombolysis can restore cerebral blood flow in time to salvage brain and neurologic functions, first by reviewing the preclinical development of thrombolytics, and then by presenting the pivotal clinical trials that proved their efficacy and safety. Their description of the treatment protocol discusses field triage and management, emergency department therapy, brain imaging, clinical decision making and patient selection, drug administration, post-thrombolysis management, and the treatment of complications. Comprehensive and highly practical, Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke offers the practicing physician everything necessary-background, protocols, and case studies-for the safe and effective treatment of the emergency stroke patient today.
| Tags: Neurology, Neurosurgery |

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