Hydrocephalus: What do we know? And what do we still not know?

✍ Scribed by Ahmed Ammar (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 359
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book provides the reader with a well-structured, comprehensive approach to hydrocephalus and related syndromes. It also addresses the ethical dilemmas of managing hydrocephalus, of which many neurosurgeons are unaware, and presents cutting-edge research genetic and pathophysiology research on hydrocephalus. The book presents a new classification for the Dandy Walker syndrome, based on a new understanding of different hydrocephalic problems. Further, it puts forward a wholly new theory on the pathophysiology and development of multiloculated hydrocephalus. This book helps the reader to devise a long-term strategic plan to treat patients, based on research of favorable long-term outcomes of hydrocephalus. It uniquely provides evidence-based approaches to managing hydrocephalus, presenting the experience and thoughts of renowned and highly experienced neurosurgeons from the USA, Canada, Japan, Europe and the Middle East.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Values-based Medicine: Ethical Issues in Hydrocephalus (Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 3-11
Evidence Based Medicine- Hydrocephalus Guideline for Systemic Reviews, Meta-analysis and Evidence Based Medicine (Dina El Kayaly, Ignatius Essene, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 13-31
Front Matter ....Pages 33-33
Pathophysiology of Hydrocephalus (Deepak Gupta, Raghav Singla, Chinmay Dash)....Pages 35-52
Understanding Hydrocephalus: Genetic View (Mami Yamasaki)....Pages 53-65
Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus Syndrome: Is It Understood? The Comprehensive Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus Theory (CiNPHT) (Ahmed Ammar, Faisal Abbas, Wisam Al Issawi, Fatima Fakhro, Layla Batarfi, Ahmed Hendam et al.)....Pages 67-82
Post-infection and Multiloculated Hydrocephalus (Complex Hydrocephalus) (Ahmed Ammar, Fatima A. Fakhroo, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Mohammed Shawarby)....Pages 83-99
Front Matter ....Pages 101-101
Hydrocephalus in Adolescence (Dominic Venne)....Pages 103-113
Clinical Presentation of Hydrocephalus in Adults (Christopher Witiw, Laureen Hachem, Mark Bernstein)....Pages 115-125
Radiological Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus (Sari Saleh AlSuhibani, Abdulrahman Hamad Alabdulwahhab, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 127-141
Hydrocephalus and Its Neuro-ophthalmic Complications (Wafa Al Bluwi, Mohanna Al Jindan, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 143-151
Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus in Adults and Paediatrics (Tomasz Klepinowski, Nabeel S. Alshafai)....Pages 153-160
Front Matter ....Pages 161-161
Anaesthesia for Hydrocephalic Patients and Large Head Patients (Mohamed El Tahan)....Pages 163-181
Perioperative Management of Hydrocephalus in Preterm (Sherif Al Mekawi, Nermeen Galal)....Pages 183-190
Management of Hydrocephalus Following SAH and ICH (Takahiro Murata, Tetsuyoshi Horiuchi, Kazuhiro Hongo)....Pages 191-200
Endoscopic Management of Hydrocephalus and Choroid Plexus Cauterization (Chima Oluigbo, Robert Keating)....Pages 201-208
Shunts and Shunt Complications (Yazid Maghrabi, Saleh Baeesa)....Pages 209-221
Strategies to Minimize Shunt Complications and Optimize Long-Term Outcomes (Dominic Venne)....Pages 223-235
Psychological Management of Hydrocephalic Patients and Its Parents (Lujain A. S. Ammar, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 237-244
Follow-Up Strategies for Hydrocephalus Patients (Ta-Chih Tan, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 245-255
Front Matter ....Pages 257-257
Complex Hydrocephalus: Management by “Smart Shunt” (Nobuhito Morota)....Pages 259-280
Posterior Fossa Anomalies and Hydrocephalus (Uppendra Chowdhary, Abdulraaq Al Ojan, Faisal Al Matrafi, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 281-291
Dandy-Walker Syndrome: A Challenging Problem (Ahmed Ammar, Abulrazaq Al Ojan)....Pages 293-308
Front Matter ....Pages 309-309
Fetal Examination for Hydrocephalus (Arwa Sulaiman Al Shamekh, Noura Al Qahtani, Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 311-339
The Dilemma of Prenatal Hydrocephalus: Grading and Classification of Fetal Hydrocephalus (Ahmed Ammar)....Pages 341-355
Surgical Management of Fetal Hydrocephalus (Abdulrahman Al Anazi)....Pages 357-369