Contemporary management of spinal cord injury
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Bibliographic Information
Contemporary management of spinal cord injury
(Neurosurgical topics)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, c1995
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Provides full coverage of the modern management of spinal cord injury. Topics covered include: epidemiology and general characteristics of the spinal cord injury patient; clinical manifestations of acute spinal cord injury; and cellular, ionic and biomolecular mechanisms of the injury process.
Table of Contents
- Historical introduction to spinal cord injury
- epidemiology and general characteristics of the spinal cord injury patient
- clinical manifestations of acute spinal cord injury
- cellular, ionic and biomolecular mechanisms of the injury process
- applied biomechanics
- resuscitation and early medical management of the spinal cord injury patient
- imaging of spinal cord injury
- immobilization and traction
- anaesthesia and critical care management of spinal cord injury
- patient selection and timing of surgery
- surgical techniques - craniocervical
- surgical techniques - cervical spine stabilization
- surgical techniques - thoracic and lumbar
- surgical techniques - lumbosacral and sacropelvic fixation
- penetrating injuries
- paediatric spinal cord injury
- prevention and treatment of medical complications
- urologic management
- spinal orthotics
- fundamentals, techniques and expectations of the rehabilitation process
- the spinal cord injury unit
- prevention of the spinal cord injury
- past and current human spinal cord injury drug trials
- CME questions.
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