Tethered Cord Syndrome in Children and Adults, Hardcover by Yamada, Shokei, ISBN 160406241X, ISBN-13 9781604062410, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

For residents and clinicians in neurosurgery and neurology, Yamada (neurosurgery, Loma Linda U. School of Medicine and U. of Mississippi Medical Center) provides a text on the essentials of clinical management of tethered cord syndrome in children and adults. The 21 chapters cover embryology and pathophysiology, functional diagnosis, distinguishing the disorder from others with similar symptoms and imaging findings, neurological examination, urological aspects, and current medical and surgical treatments, including preventing progressive and permanent deficits. This edition contains information on folate supplementation in pregnant women, the reduction of neural tube defects, modern imaging features of the dysraphic spine, intrauterine myelomeningocele repair, and the teenage patient. Contributors work in neurosurgery, urology, radiology, pediatric neurosurgery, and communication studies, in the US, Japan, and Canada. Th can be used for continuing education credit. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()