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Disorders of the spinal cord in children /

Covering the range of pediatric spinal cord disease, its clinical assessment, appropriate investigation, its medical and neurosurgical management and neuro-rehabilitation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pike, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Mac Keith Press, 2013.
Colección:Clinics in developmental medicine.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""AUTHORSâ€? APPOINTMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1: THE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPINAL CORD DISORDERS""; ""History of present illness""; ""Clinical examination""; ""Important paediatric scenarios with myelopathy""; ""Summary""; ""2: IMAGING THE CORD""; ""Imaging techniques""; ""Spinal ultrasound""; ""Spinal MRI""; ""Summary""; ""3: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL CORD""; ""Introduction""; ""Evaluation of sensory function""; ""Clinical use of SEPs""; ""Neurophysiological evaluation of spinal motor function: the anterior horn cell""
  • Evaluation of corticospinal motor pathways: motor evoked potentials and centralmotor conduction timeSummary
  • 4: SPINAL CORD MALFORMATIONS
  • Classifications
  • Embryology (Afonso and Catala 2003)
  • Open dysraphism: MMC
  • Occult dysraphism
  • Caudal regression syndromes
  • Summary
  • 5: SPINAL CORD ABSCESS, HAEMORRHAGE, AND TRAUMA
  • Spinal cord abscess
  • Spinal cord haemorrhage
  • Spinal cord trauma in the paediatric population
  • 6: TUMOURS OF THE SPINE IN CHILDREN
  • Introduction
  • Intradural intramedullary tumours
  • Intradural extramedullary tumoursExtradural tumours
  • Management of spinal tumours
  • Summary
  • 7: INFLAMMATORY, METABOLIC, VASCULAR, AND DEMYELINATING DISORDERS
  • Acute transverse myelitis
  • NMO
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Radiation myelitis
  • Tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy
  • Human immunodeficiency virus and myelopathy
  • Spinal cord ischaemia
  • Neurodegenerative, metabolic, and nutritional disorders affecting the spinal cord
  • 8: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION
  • Rehabilitation: general paediatric and adolescent issuesMotor rehabilitation
  • Home modifications
  • Sensation
  • Respiratory complications
  • Autonomic disturbances
  • Orthopaedic complications
  • Spasticity
  • Wellness/fitness
  • Psychosocial issues
  • Scenario 1
  • Scenario 2
  • Summary
  • 9: PROSPECTS FOR SPINAL CORD REPAIR
  • Targeting the acute injury phase
  • Targeting post-acute events
  • Concluding remarks
  • COLOUR PLATE SECTION
  • INDEX
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