Head Injuries in the Newborn and Infant

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Intrauterine Development of the Skull

   • Isao Yamamoto, Osamu Sato

   Pages 1-18

3. Embryological Concepts for Head Injury in the Newborn and Infant

   • Kunihiko Osaka, Shizuo Oi

   Pages 19-31

4. The Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathways: Structure and Development

   • David G. McLone

   Pages 33-51

5. The Postnatal Development of the Brain and Its Coverings

   • Warwick J. Peacock

   Pages 53-66

6. Normal Developmental Milestones, the Significance of Delayed Milestones, and NeurodevelopmentaL Evaluation of Infants and Young Children

   • Marianne Larsen

   Pages 67-81

7. Effects on Head Form of Intrauterine Compression and Passage Through the Birth Canal

   • Niels Sörensen

   Pages 83-85

8. Traumatic Birth Injuries

   • Karl H. Hovind

   Pages 87-109

9. Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage (GMH) Syndrome and Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) Syndrome in the Newborn

   • Jens Haase

   Pages 111-124

10. Epidemiology and Etiology of Craniocerebral Trauma in the First Two Years of Life

    • Concezio Di Rocco, Francesco Velardi

    Pages 125-139

11. Clinical Criteria—Children’s Coma Score and Outcome Scale—for Decision Making in Managing Head-Injured Infants and Toddlers

    • Anthony J. Raimondi, Jeffrey Hirschauer

    Pages 141-150

12. Medical Management of Head Injuries in Neonates and Infants

    • Marion L. Walker, Bruce B. Storrs

    Pages 151-162

13. Incidence, Diagnosis, and Management of Skull Fractures

    • Maurice Choux

    Pages 163-182

14. Cerebral Damage

    • Robert L. McLaurin, Richard Towbin

    Pages 183-201

15. Intracranial Hematomas

    • Maurice Choux, Gabriel Lena, Lorenzo Genitori

    Pages 203-216

16. Perinatal and Posttraumatic Seizures

    • N. Chiofalo, J. Madsen, L. Basauri

    Pages 217-232

17. Posttraumatic Cerebral Vascular Injuries

    • Anthony J. Raimondi

    Pages 233-239

18. Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus in the Neonate and Infant

    • Thomas G. Luerssen, Leslie N. Sutton, Derek A. Bruce, Luis Schut

    Pages 241-256

19. Outcomes of Craniocerebral Trauma in Infants

    • Harold J. Hoffman, Chopeow Taecholarn

    Pages 257-262

20. Rehabilitation Medicine Following Severe Head Injury in Infants and Children

    • G. Kaiser, A. Rüdeberg, I. Fankhauser, C. Zumbühl

    Pages 263-279

It is estimated that the functionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years. New specialties and "sub-specialization" are occurring at approximately an equal rate. Historically, established journals have not been able either to absorb this increase in publishable material or to extend their readership to the new specialists. International and national meetings, symposia and seminars, workshops and newsletters, successfully bring to the attention of physi­ cians within developing specialties what is occurring, but generally only in demonstration form without providing historical perspective, patho­ anatomical correlates, or extensive discussion. Page and time limitations oblige the authors to present only the essence of their material. Pediatric neurosurgery is an example of a specialty that has developed during the past 15 years and over this period, neurosurgeons have ob­ tained special training in pediatric neurosurgery and then dedicated them­ selves primarily to its practice. Centers, Chairs, and educational pro­ grams have been established as groups of neurosurgeons in different countries throughout the world organized themselves respectively into national and international societies for pediatric neurosurgery. These events were both preceded and followed by specialized courses, national and international journals, and ever-increasing clinical and investigative studies into all aspects of surgically treatable diseases of the child's ner­ vous system.

• Hydrocephalus
• birth
• brain
• child
• embryo
• head
• head injury
• neurosurgery
• rehabilitation
• surgery
• trauma

• Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chidren’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA

  Anthony J. Raimondi

• Hôpital des Infantes de la Timone, Marseille, France

  Maurice Choux

• Instituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

  Concezio Rocco

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