Spinal Cord Disease: Basic Science, Diagnosis and Management

✍ Scribed by E. M. R. Critchley, A. A. Eisen (auth.), Edmund Critchley DM, FRCP, Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C), Michael Swash MD, FRCP, MRCPath (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 600
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this volume is to provide a clinical guide which will further knowledge of the advances in the diagnosis and management of spinal cord problems from both the neurological and neurosurgical viewpoint. The basic sciences such as spasticity and pain are discussed, while other chapters cover the effects on the autonomic nervous system, psychosocial and sexual problems and medico-legal aspects. HIV infection, tropical medicine and the effects on the cervical spine of disease and trauma receive particular attention.
Spinal Cord Disease provides both the neuroscientist and the clinician with a comprehensive review of the basic science, diagnosis and management of spinal cord problems with particular reference to the choice of investigative techniques, advances in the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, treatment and rehabilitation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Anatomical Basis of Spinal Cord Function....Pages 11-19
Prospects for Spinal Cord Repair after Injury....Pages 21-32
Spinal Modulation of Noxious Stimuli....Pages 33-46
Spasticity....Pages 47-51
Hazards of Spinal/Lumbar Puncture....Pages 53-59
Neuropathology....Pages 61-96
Embryology and Paediatric Aspects of Spinal Cord Disorders....Pages 97-115
Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord....Pages 117-143
Clinical Features of Spinal Compression....Pages 145-174
Electrophysiological Investigation of Disorders of the Spinal Cord....Pages 175-201
Radiculopathy due to Diseases other than Disc Disease....Pages 203-217
Autonomic Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Disease....Pages 219-227
Trauma to the Cervical Spine....Pages 229-250
Disc and Degenerative Disease: Stenosis, Spondylosis and Subluxation....Pages 251-274
Craniocervical Anomalies and Non-traumatic Syringomyelia....Pages 275-295
Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine....Pages 297-315
Meningitic Disorders and Myelopathies....Pages 317-337
Myelopathies in HIV Infection....Pages 339-345
Disorders of the Anterior Horn Cell....Pages 347-365
Tropical Diseases of the Spinal Cord....Pages 367-402
The Conus Medullaris and Sphincter Control....Pages 403-414
Psychosexual and Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Disease....Pages 415-421
Spinal Vascular Disease....Pages 423-442
Decompression Illnesses and the Spinal Cord....Pages 443-460
Inherited Diseases of the Spinal Cord....Pages 461-475
Deficiency Diseases of the Spinal Cord....Pages 477-484
Vertebral Body Collapse....Pages 485-493
Spinal Epidural Abscess....Pages 495-499
Spinal Tumours....Pages 501-543
Trauma and Paraplegia....Pages 545-583
SCI Rehabilitation: Concepts, Mobility, Functional Electrical Stimulation, Spasticity....Pages 585-600
Back Matter....Pages 601-609

✦ Subjects

Neurology; Neurosurgery; Pathology; Chiropractic Medicine