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The cerebrospinal fluid shunts /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
2016.
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| Colección: | Neuroscience research progress series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; REFERENCE ; PREFACE ; CONTRIBUTORS LIST ; Chapter 1 HISTORICAL VIGNETTES ON THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYDROCEPHALUS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; EARLY HISTORY ; Greco-Roman Era
- circa 450 B.C.
- 600 A.D. ; The Renaissance
- Anatomical Dissection Re-Discovered and Applied to Medical Practice ; 18th Century Medicine and Hydrocephalus
- A better understanding of CSF and hydrocephalus
- Surgical Treatment of Hydrocephalus: An Evolution in Technique CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID: PRESSURE, FORMATION, COMPOSITION, FLOW AND REABSORPTION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, SHUNTING AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES ; REVISITING THE MONRO-KELLIE DOCTRINE ; CHOROID PLEXUS: FUNCTIONAL ANALOGY TO OTHER ORGANS ; CHOROID PLEXUS: GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ; ONTOGENY OF CHOROID PLEXUS MATURATION AND START OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SECRETION
- NEUROSURGICAL EVIDENCE THAT CHOROID PLEXUS IS THE CHIEF GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE CHOROIDAL VS. EXTRACHOROIDAL SOURCES OF FLUID IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ; MODULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE BY NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND NEUROHORMONES ; DOES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE DECREASE IN HYDROCEPHALUS? ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COMPOSITION: CHANGES WITH AGE, DISEASE AND SHUNTING ; i) Fetal life ; ii) Adulthood ; iii) Aging and Senescence ; COMPOSITION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN HYDROCEPHALUS SHUNTING SYSTEMS
- ROUTES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW IN ADULTS: NORMAL VS. HYDROCEPHALUS i) Main CSF Flow Pathway in Health; ii) Alternate Flow Pathways in Hydrocephalus ; DRIVING FORCES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; i) Cilia ; ii) CSF-Venous Pressure Gradients ; iii) Arterial and Respiratory Pulsations ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW RATE: IMPACT ON BRAIN METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONS ; PATHWAYS FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID REABSORPTION ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 DYNAMICS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION
- MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OBSERVATIONS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID MOVEMENT MODELS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; FLUID FLOW WITHIN THE BRAIN ; THE ANSWER TO THE TWO QUESTIONS AND THE POROELASTIC MODEL ; Limitation of Models ; Treatment of Hydrocephalus ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; Definition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; PROXIMAL CATHETERS ; Ventricular Catheters of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; Shape ; Length ; Internal and External Diameter ; Plasticity (Stiffness) ; Tip Configuration