Title | The Pediatric Spine I [electronic resource] : Development and the Dysraphic State / edited by Anthony J. Raimondi, Maurice Choux, Concezio Di Rocco |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8820-3 |
Descript | X, 238 p. online resource |
Contents: Comparative Anatomy of the Spine in the Newborn, Infant, and Toddler -- Intrauterine Development of the Vertebrae and Spinal Cord -- Growth of the Spine -- Neurophysiologic Basis for Diagnosis -- Embryologic and Developmental Dynamics of the Dysraphic State -- Epidemiology and Clues to the Etiology of Neural Tube Defects -- Neural Tube Defects: Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Counseling -- Meningomyelocele: Surgical Treatment and Results -- Hamartomas and the Dysraphic State -- Nursing Care of Children with Spinal Dysraphism -- The Orthopedic Aspects of Spinal Dysraphism -- Social, Psychologic, and Educational Problems -- Index. Contents: Malformations of the Vertebrae -- The Normal and Abnormal Aspects of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction -- Chiari Malformations -- Diastematomyelia and Diplomyelia -- Spondylolisthesis -- Neurenteric Cysts -- Sacral and Lumbo-Sacral Agenesis -- Teratomas -- The Tethered Spinal Cord -- Neuromuscular Scoliosis -- Current Concepts in Long-Term Care of the Deformed Spine -- Congenital Malformations of the Spine in Children: Neuro-Imaging -- Index. Contents: Spinal Meningeal Malformations -- Syringomyelia and Hydromyelia -- Intraspinal Tumors -- Nonoperative Treatment of Tumors of the Spinal Cord in Children -- Surgical Considerations for Access to the Spinal Canal -- Nonsurgical Diseases of the Spinal Cord Presenting as Surgical Diseases -- Infectious Diseases of the Spine in Childhood -- Parasitosis of the Spine -- Diagnostics and Management of Urinary Problems in Neurogenic Vesico-Sphincteric Dysfunction -- Index