Contemporary management of spinal cord injury
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Contemporary management of spinal cord injury
(Neurosurgical topics)
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, c1995
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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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