Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Pediatrics

In this book, internationally recognised experts provide an update on some important basic and technical aspects of neurosurgery. Intracranial tumours are the main focus of the book with chapters dealing with ependymomas, a tumour that still offers difficulties of interpretation in terms of both pathological features and management modalities, intraventricular tumours, which require particular attention in the choice of treatment modalities, and tumours considered typically paediatric that may still present in adulthood although with different aspects. Technical approaches to difficult...

This collection of epilepsy surgical cases illustrates patients with straightforward and challenging pharmacoresistant epilepsy. These cases convey the advancements, investigative strategies, past and modern surgical tools, and sophisticated state-of-the-art of epilepsy surgery and its disciplines.

This textbook is organized into four major sections that parallel the contemporary FDA-approved and clinically applicable approaches: resective surgery, disconnection procedures, laser therapy, and neuromodulation. The chapters provide a case-based, interactive, and...

This book is designed to be a review tool for surgeons, residents, and medical students who are preparing for board examinations or seeking to reinforce their knowledge in the fields of spine surgery and peripheral nerve surgery. Through a series of multiple-choice questions (MCQs), readers will be challenged to apply their understanding to a variety of clinical scenarios, surgical techniques, and patient management strategies.

The book will be divided into two main sections: Spine Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery. Each section will contain MCQs that cover anatomy, pathology,...

This book offers a clinical and surgical overview on congenital brain malformations, which are abnormalities that occur during fetal development, leading to brain defects and disorders. The fetal brain begins to develop shortly after conception and continues to grow throughout pregnancy. This book covers the various congenital brain malformations, their aetiologies and development, diagnosis and management including possible surgical interventions and details of these procedures.

Since many of these disorders are rare, they do not...