Neurosurgical Care of the Elderly

ISBN-13: 9781879284593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 245 str.

Warren R. Selman; Edward C. Benzel;Selman

Opis

Neurosurgical Care of the Elderly is a comprehensive text which discusses the unique
management of elderly patients. Although these problems occur in patients of all
ages, their management in the geriatric population requires special
consideration.
Topics include:

• The physiology of aging

• Perioperative care

• Cranial lesions and benign brain tumors

• Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease

• Occlusive cerebrovascular disease

• Hemorrhagic vascular disease

• Head injuries

• Spinal lesions

• Bone physiology and bone healing

• Spinal decompression, fusion and instrumentation

• Delirium, agitation and confusion

(Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)