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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Table of Contents


I. General Topics
1. The History of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Robin P. Humphreys
2. Normal and Abnormal Development of the Nervous System, Timothy M. George and David Cory Adamson
3. Neurological Examination of the Newborn, Infant, and Child, Michael J. Painter and Michele Yang
4. Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Third World, Benjamin Warf
5. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Neurosurgery, Patrick McDonald, Nalin Gupta and Warwick Peacock

II. Congenital and Developmental Cerebral Disorders
6. Neurogenetic Basis of Pediatric Neurosurgical Conditions, Michael D. Taylor, Todd G. Mainprize and James T. Rutka
7. Treatment of Hydrocephalus, Harold L. Rekate
8. Treatment of Hydrocephalus with Shunts, Richard C.E. Anderson, Hugh J.L. Garton and John R.W. Kestle
9. Neuroendoscopy, Richard C.E. Anderson and Marion L. Walker
10. Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus, Charles C. Duncan and Veronica L. Chiang
11. Congenital Arachnoid Cysts and the Dandy-Walker Complex, C. Corbett Wilkinson and Ken R. Winston
12. Extra Cerebral Fluid Collections in Infants, David M. Frim and Daniel J. Curry
13. Congenital Intracranial Malformations, Eric Stiner, Christe Bruderlin-Nelson and Tien T. Nguyen
14. Chiari Malformations, Scott Soleau, R. Shane Tubbs and W. Jerry Oakes
15. Encephaloceles, Meningoceles, and Dermal Sinuses, David F. Jimenez and Constance M. Barone
16. Congenital Defects of the Scalp and Skull, Joseph H. Piatt Jr.
17. Craniosynostosis, Eylem Öcal, Peter P. Sun and John A. Persing
18. Craniofacial Syndromes, James Tait Goodrich

III. Congenital and Developmental Spinal Disorders
19. In Utero Surgery for Myelomeningocele and Hydrocephalus, Leslie N. Sutton
20. Spinal Meningoceles, J. Gordon McComb
21. Myelomeningocele, Mark S. Dias and David G. McLone
22. Occult Spinal Dysraphism, David Douglas Cochrane
23. Craniovertebral Junction Abnormalities, Arnold H. Menezes
24. Intraspinal Congenital Cysts: Neurenteric, Arachnoid, Dermoid, Epidermoid, S. Terence Myles and Mark G. Hamilton
25. Congenital Vertebral Anomalies, Richard C.E. Anderson and Douglas L. Brockmeyer
26. Syringomyelia and Hydromyelia, Joshua Medow, Jason Sansone and Bermans J. Iskandar


IV. Neoplasms
27. Scalp and Skull Neoplasms, Dale M. Swift and David J. Sacco
28. Brain Tumors in the First Two Years of Life, Mark M. Souweidane
29. Supratentorial Hemispheric Gliomas, Ian F. Pollack
30. Supratentorial Hemispheric Nonglial Neoplasms, Timothy B. Mapstone
31. Optic Pathway Gliomas, Cian James O’Kelly and James T. Rutka
32. Craniopharyngiomas, Jeffrey H. Wisoff and Bernadine Donahue
33. Pediatric Pituitary Adenomas, Andrew D. Parent and Edward R. Flotte
34. Pineal Region Tumors, Tadanori Tomita
35. Medulloblastomas, Karin M. Muraszko, Barunashish Brahma and Daniel Orringer
36. Ependymomas, Michael D. Taylor, Robert Alex Sanford, Frederick A. Boop and Thomas Merchant
37. Brainstem Gliomas, Jean-Pierre Farmer, P. Daniel McNeely and Carolyn R. Freeman 38. Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytomas, Michael D. Taylor, Robert Alex Sanford and Frederick A. Boop
39. Skull Base Tumors, James K. Liu and Douglas L. Brockmeyer
40. Spinal Extradural Neoplasms and Intradural Extramedullary Neoplasms, Nicholas M. Wetjen and Corey Raffel
41. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors, Karl F. Kothbauer and Rick Abbott
42. Spine Tumors, Emily B. Ridgway and Howard L. Weiner
43. Neurofibromatosis 1 and 2, Ian F. Pollack
44. The Phakomatoses, Nestor Tomycz, Michael Weaver and Liliana Goumnerova
45. Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors, Roger J. Packer, Tobey J. MacDonald

V. Trauma
46. Nonaccidental Head Injuries, Ann-Christine Duhaime
47. Accidental Head Injuries, John Ragheb
48. Penetrating Craniocerebral Injuries, Mark D. Krieger, Ira E. Bowen and J. Gordon McComb
49. Hematomas, Egon M.R. Doppenberg and John D. Ward
50. Traumatic Vascular Injuries, Michael D. Partington
51. Critical Care Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, Michael L. Forbes, P. David Adelson and Patrick M. Kochanek
52. Rehabilitation and Outcome of Head Injuries, Sue R. Beers and Harvey S. Levin
53. Cranioplasty, James Tait Goodrich
54. Brachial Plexus Injuries and Other Peripheral Nerve Injuries, P. David Adelson
55. Spinal Column Trauma, Paul A. Grabb
56. Spinal Cord Injuries, Tord D. Alden and Richard G. Ellenbogen
57. Intervertebral Disc Disease, Thad Jackson and Thomas Pittman

VI. Cerebrovascular Disease
58. Cavernous and Venous Malformations, R. Michael Scott and Ian D. Kamaly-Asl
59. Intracerebral Aneurysms, Burak M. Ozgur, Larry T. Khoo and Michael L. Levy
60. Arteriovenous Malformations, Robin P. Humphreys
61. Management of Cerebrovascular Malformations: Arteriovenous Malformations, Cavernous Malformations, and Venous Malformations, Douglas Kondziolka and L. Dade Lunsford
62. Ischemic Stroke in the Pediatric Population, Edward R. Smith
63. Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformation, Alejandro Berenstein, Yasunari Niimi, Joon K. Song and Pierre Lasjaunias
64. Spinal Vascular Malformations, Yasunari Niimi, Alejandro Berenstein, Joon K. Song

VII. Functional Disorders
65. Evaluation of Intractable Epilepsy, Linda Laux and Douglas R. Nordli Jr.
66. Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, P. David Adelson
67. Extratemporal Epilepsy, Glenn Morrison, Sanjiv Bhatia
68. Nonresective Surgical Management of Refractory Epilepsy: Callosotomy and Vagal Stimulation, Joseph R. Masden and Kenway Louie
69. Hemispherectomy, Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr.
70. Spasticity and Movement Disorders, A. Leland Albright

VIII. Infectious Disorders
71. Shunt Infections, Jeffrey W. Campbell
72. Intracranial Epidural and Subdural Infections, David Douglas Cochrane, Angela Price and Simon Dobson
73. Brain Abscess and Encephalitis, Sarah J. Gaskill and Arthur E. Marlin
74. Tuberculosis, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System, Sarah J. Gaskill and Arthur E. Marlin
75. Infections of the Spinal Axis, Amol Ghia and Mark R. Proctor

IX. Neuroanaesthesia
76. Neuroanaesthesia, Sulpicio G. Soriano and Mark A. Rockoff

 
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