Overview
- Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to neurosurgery of spasticity
- Helps in decision-making processes, especially for surgical indications
- Authors’ experience is based on more than one-thousand and eight-hundred patients treated.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Information
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About this book
The book, in its second edition, is devoted to the neurosurgical management of spasticity and focal dystonia. Starting with a chapter on the anatomical and physiological bases of spasticity and a short history of its neurosurgical treatment, it describes the neurosurgical methods currently available. As management differs between adults and children, the book is also structured accordingly, including evaluation, decision-making, Intrathecal Baclofen therapy (ITB), Botulinum toxin therapy and Surgery. The large spectrum of scales for assessing hypertonia, spasticity, dystonia, contracture and joint/bone deformities, as well as the scoring systems for quantifying functional abilities are critically reviewed. Beyond ITB, the neurosurgical options covered include the microsurgical procedures focusing on the peripheral nerves, dorsal roots, Dorsal Root Entry Zone and spinal cord, and their intra-operative monitoring.
In this second edition, the orthopedic surgical interventions available will take a large place, either as alternative solutions , or even better as important complements after spasticity be solved by the neurosurgical treatments.
Based on surgical experience collected with more than a thousand and eight-hundred patients, the book gathers the most important aspects of our present understanding, presented using a practical, educational approach. It stresses the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, including neurologists, pediatricians and rehabilitation specialists. Close collaborations with other surgical disciplines like orthopedic surgery and neuro-urology are outlined.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
George Georgoulis is a certified Neurosurgeon working at the General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”, Department of Neurosurgery. He joined a fellowship program for Neurosurgery of Spasticity directed by Professor Sindou at Hôpital Neurologique “Pierre Wertheimer” Lyon, University of Lyon 1. He participates on the multidisciplinary team for Cerebral Palsy Children at the University of Athens. He is invited lecturer in several (pediatric) meetings, in particular the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery. His publications are cited in prestigious neurosurgical and neurological journals. Among general neurosurgery, his topics of interest are microsurgery for spasticity, intraventricular neuroendoscopy and intracranial meningiomas.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neurosurgery for Spasticity
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for Treating Children and Adults
Authors: Marc Sindou, Manon Duraffourg, George Georgoulis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92717-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92716-5Published: 30 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92719-6Published: 01 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92717-2Published: 29 June 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XV, 359
Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgical Orthopedics, Pediatrics