Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Diseases [electronic resource] : Surgical Management of Craniovertebral Junction Diseases in Children /
Di Rocco, Concezio.editor.
Akalan, Nejat.editor.
Management of congenital and acquired diseases of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ), comprising the occipital bone surrounding the foramen magnum, the atlas, and the axis vertebrae, constitutes one of the more complex areas of neurosurgery. This is particularly true in the pediatric population, in which the neurosurgeon is faced with a wide variety of congenital developmental anomalies and acquired diseases and must take into account the need to avoid significant interference in still growing structures. Pediatric neurosurgeons are increasingly called upon to face this stimulating region, the diseases of which may now be managed with rewarding results even in the first years of life owing to progress in the neurosciences, availability of advanced neuroimaging diagnostic tools, and improved surgical and anesthesiological techniques. This dedicated volume in the series Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery (ATSN) provides a comprehensive approach to CVJ diseases and their management based on the multidisciplinary cooperation of neurosurgeons, anatomists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. The contributing authors represent the most renowned clinical and surgical experts from Europe and beyond. In accordance with the traditional structure of ATSN, the 12 chapters of the volume are organized into advanced (7) and standard (5) contributions. The main topics highlighted are embryology, normal and abnormal development of the CVJ, including the related vessels, modern radiological contributions to diagnosis, genetic and metabolic factors which may impact on the surgical strategies, the opportunities offered by traditional operative techniques, and the recently introduced minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical modalities. Special emphasis is also placed on the evolution of the principles of surgical treatment as matured during the past decade by experiences in the still open field of pediatric neurosurgery.
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""The Pre-somitic Stage"""" Primary Segmentation: Somitogenesis""; "" Differentiation of the Somitic Mesenchyme""; "" â€œResegmentationâ€? of the Sclerotome""; "" Special Developmental Features of the CVJ""; ""Occipital Somites (Somites 1â€?4) and the Proatlas""; "" First Three Cervical Somites (Somites 5â€?7)""; ""Axial Sclerotomes""; ""Lateral Sclerotomes""; "" Genetic Control of CVJ Development""; ""Hox Genes: The Control of Rostrocaudal Specification""; "" Pax 1: The Resegmentation Gene""; "" Classification of Bony Malformations of the CVJ""
"" Disturbance of the Axial Component of Occipital Sclerotomes, Proatlas, and C 1 and C 2 Sclerotomes: Anomalies of the Central Pivot""""Odontoid Dysgeneses""; ""Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the Axial Sclerotome of Proatlas and First Cervical Sclerotome: Agenesis and Hypogenesis of Odontoid Components""; "" Disturbance of the Intervertebral Boundary Mesenchyme of Proatlas and First Two Cervical Sclerotomes: Os Odontoideum and Ossiculum Terminale Persistens""; ""Aetiology""; ""Os Odontoideum""; ""Ossiculum Terminale Persistens""; ""Clinical Significance""; ""Case 1""
"" Abnormal Resegmentation of Proatlas Centrum: Os Avis""""Embryogenesis""; ""Clinical Significance""; "" Failure of Midline Integration of Basal Dental Segment: The Bifid Dens""; ""Aetiology""; ""Clinical Significance""; ""Case 2""; "" Basioccipital Dysgeneses""; ""Failure of Midline Integration of Basioccipital Primordium: Bifid Clivus""; "" Basilar Impression, Platybasia, Retroflexed Dens, and Basilar Invagination""; ""Aetiology""; ""Case 3""; ""Case 4""; ""Case 5""; "" Hindbrain Herniation in Basioccipital Dysgenesis""
"" Clinical Significance of Basilar Impression, Basilar Kyphosis, and Associated Chiari""""Case 6""; ""Case 7""; "" Disturbances of the Lateral Sclerotomes and Hypochordal Bows of Proatlas and C 1 Sclerotome: Anomalies of the Surrounding Ring Structures""; ""Anomalies of Proatlas""; ""Hyperplasia of the Proatlas Hypochordal Bow: Third Occipital Condyle""; ""Embryogenesis""; ""Clinical Significance""; ""Hyperplasia of Exoccipital Sclerotome: Hypertrophic Occipital Condyle""; ""Case 8""; ""Assimilation of Atlas: Non-resegmentation of the Proatlas Sclerotome""; ""Embryogenesis""
""Clinical Significance""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Management of congenital and acquired diseases of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ), comprising the occipital bone surrounding the foramen magnum, the atlas, and the axis vertebrae, constitutes one of the more complex areas of neurosurgery. This is particularly true in the pediatric population, in which the neurosurgeon is faced with a wide variety of congenital developmental anomalies and acquired diseases and must take into account the need to avoid significant interference in still growing structures. Pediatric neurosurgeons are increasingly called upon to face this stimulating region, the diseases of which may now be managed with rewarding results even in the first years of life owing to progress in the neurosciences, availability of advanced neuroimaging diagnostic tools, and improved surgical and anesthesiological techniques. This dedicated volume in the series Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery (ATSN) provides a comprehensive approach to CVJ diseases and their management based on the multidisciplinary cooperation of neurosurgeons, anatomists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. The contributing authors represent the most renowned clinical and surgical experts from Europe and beyond. In accordance with the traditional structure of ATSN, the 12 chapters of the volume are organized into advanced (7) and standard (5) contributions. The main topics highlighted are embryology, normal and abnormal development of the CVJ, including the related vessels, modern radiological contributions to diagnosis, genetic and metabolic factors which may impact on the surgical strategies, the opportunities offered by traditional operative techniques, and the recently introduced minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical modalities. Special emphasis is also placed on the evolution of the principles of surgical treatment as matured during the past decade by experiences in the still open field of pediatric neurosurgery.
Neurosurgery.
Pediatric surgery.
Neurosurgery.
Pediatric Surgery.
Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery