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The first resource available that compiles recent laboratory advances with current clinical treatment.
Presents the current treatments for hydrocephalus across the lifespan.
Written by experts in the field.
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Hydrocephalus is one of the most common diseases of pediatric and adult neurosurgery. With the introduction of modern neurosurgical procedures, this disease has become a life-long problem. Even with optimal treatment, there is still significant morbidity and mortality along with a significant cost to the medical system. This has caused patients and their families to demand improvements in treatments and forced clinicians to evaluate their treatments in large consortiums while utilizing both genetics and technology to improve outcomes or avoid placement of shunt all together.
This text is designed to present the current treatments for hydrocephalus across the lifespan. The foundation for understanding cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities begins with the understanding of physiology and pathogenesis of disease. These chapters are written by published experts in the field and detail the significant advances in the detection of CSF abnormalities. This section will discuss the current advances in imaging and current research in biomarkers for both pediatric and adult patients. We will then systematically discuss the treatment of both pediatric and adult CSF disorders. These will be broken down by cause, since the physiology of each can be different. We will end the book with a discussion both of the technological advances and a discussion of consortiums and how they have advanced treatment of this chronic disease.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Clinical Disorders of CSF
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Treatment of CSF Disorders
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Department of Neurological Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
USA
Jeffrey R. Leonard, MD
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders
Book Subtitle: Lifelong Implications
Editors: David D. Limbrick Jr., Jeffrey R. Leonard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97928-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97927-4Published: 20 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97928-1Published: 10 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 387
Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosurgery, Primary Care Medicine, Neurology