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...