The definitive guide to putting spinal cord injury research into practice
Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury is written for the spinal cord injury (SCI) team and reflects the multidisciplinary nature of treating patients with SCI. It integrates emerging medical and surgical approaches to SCI with neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, neuroplasticity, and cellular transplantation. This comprehensive yet concise reference will enable neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, and allied health professionals caring for SCI patients to translate research results into patient care. It is also an excellent resource for those preparing for the board exam in SCI medicine.
Key Features:
- Material is cross-referenced to highlight relationships between the different areas of SCI
- Chapters are concise, focused, and include key points, pearls, and pitfalls
- An Overview of the Literature table is provided in most chapters, giving readers a meaningful distillation of each publication referenced
- Each editor is a world-renowned expert in one of these core disciplines involved in the management of SCI patients: neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, spinal cord science, and rehabilitative medicine
This is a must-have guide that all neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, and allied health professionals involved in the care of spinal cord injury patients should have on their bookshelf.
Tabella dei contenuti
<p><strong>I Principles of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Practice</strong><br>1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord<br>2 Evaluation of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury<br>3 Imaging of Acute Spinal Cord Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury<br>4 Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury<br>5 Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury<br>6 Spinal Cord Injury Classification<br>7 Spontaneous Recovery Patterns and Prognoses after Spinal Cord Injury<br>8 Management of Spinal Cord Injury in the Intensive Care Unit<br>9 Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury<br>10 Pharmacotherapy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Focus on Steroids<br>11 Halo Application and Closed Skeletal Reduction of Cervical Dislocations<br>12 Principles of Surgical Management of Spinal Trauma Associated with Spinal Cord Injury<br>13 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis<br>14 Sexuality and Fertility after Spinal Cord Injury<br>15 Interdisciplinary Essentails in Pressure Ulcer Management<br>16 Autonomic Dysreflexia and Cardiovascular Complications of Spinal Cord Injury<br>17 Pain after Spinal Cord Injury<br>18 Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury: Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury<br>19 Posttraumatic Kyphotic Deformity of the Cervical Spine<br>20 Posttraumatic Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management<br>21 Rehabilitation of the Individual with Spinal Cord Injury<br>22 The Management of Secondary Complications Following Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>II Controversies in Management</strong><br>23 Timing of Surgery for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: From Basic Science to Clinical Application<br>24 Hypothermia: Evidence-Based Review<br>25 Management of Cervical Facet Dislocation<br>26 Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Including Cauda Equina Syndrome<br>27 Management of Central Cord Syndrome<br><strong>III Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Approaches</strong><br>28 Research in Spinal Cord Injury: Building an Effective Translational Research Program<br>29 North American Clinical Trials Network: Building a Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury<br>30 Considerations for the Initiation and Conduct of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials<br>31 Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury<br>32 Glial Scar and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Needed for Spinal Cord Repair: Timing, Location, and Level as Critical Factors<br>33 Promising Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury<br>34 Cellular Transplantation in Spinal Cord Injury<br>35 Neuroregeneration Approaches<br>36 Neuroprotective Trials in Spinal Cord Injury<br>37 Approaches Using Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering<br><strong>IV Neurophysiology and Imaging</strong><br>38 Electrophysiological Measures after Spinal Cord Injury<br>39 Quantitative Tests of Sensory, Motor, and Autonomic Function<br>40 Basic Neurophysiological Approaches to Probing Spinal Circuits<br>41 Neuroimaging after Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluation Injury Severity and Prognosis Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging<br>42 The Role of Neurophysiology in Study of Recovery and Spasticity<br><strong>V Plasticity and Recovery</strong><br>43 Spinal and Supraspinal Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury<br>44 The Human Central Pattern Generator and Its Role in Spinal Cord Injury Recovery<br>45 Electrophysiological Predictors of Lower Limb Motor Recovery: The Rehabiliation Perspective<br>46 Somatosensory Function and Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: Advanced Assessment of Segmental Sensory Function<br>47 Electrical Stimulation Following Spinal Cord Injury<br>48 Operant Conditioning of Spinal Reflexes to Improve Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury<br>49 Functional Restoration through Robotics<br>50 Peripheral Nerve Grafts and the Repair of Axonal Circuits Following Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>IV Resources</strong><br>51 Population-Based Spinal Cord Injury Registries: Potential Impacts and Challenges<br>52 Resources to Empower and Expand the Opportunities of People with Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>VII Achieving Success</strong><br>53 Neurogenomic and Neuroproteomic Approaches to Studying Neural Injury<br>54 Breakthroughs of the Last Twenty Years</p>