Spinal Trauma Imaging, Diagnosis, and Management

by Schwartz, Eric D.; Flanders, Adam E.

• ISBN13: 9780781762489
• ISBN10: 0781762480
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Written by recognized experts, this volume is a comprehensive reference on the use of advanced imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of spinal trauma. In one cohesive source, the book brings together information on state-of-the-art clinical imaging--including multidetector CT and high-field MRI techniques--and the pathophysiology, neurologic evaluation, medical management, surgical treatment, and postoperative assessment of spine trauma and spinal cord injury. Also included are cutting-edge reviews of experimental imaging techniques and their applications and experimental therapies such as neurotransplantation. More than 700 illustrations--including 180 in full color--complement the text.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
SECTION I. CLINICAL	1	(60)
Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury	3	(20)
B. Timothy Himes
The Neurological Evaluation and Medical Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury	23	(16)
Anthony S. Burns
Ralph J. Marino
Surgical Treatment of Spinal Injury	39	(22)
Daniel R. Fassett
James S. Harrop
SECTION II. IMAGING	61	(294)
Controversies in Clearing the Spine	63	(10)
C. Craig Blackmore
Ken F. Linnau
Plain Film Radiography and Computed Tomography of the Cervical Spine: Part I. Normal Anatomy and Spinal Injury Identification	73	(20)
Alejandro Zuluaga Santamaria
Diego B. Nunez, Jr.
Plain Film Radiography and Computed Tomography of the Cervical Spine: Part II. Classification and Subtypes of Spinal Injury	93	(64)
Alejandro Zuluaga Santamaria
Diego B. Nunez, Jr.
Imaging of Thoracolumbar Spinal Injury	157	(31)
George Koulouris
Amy Y. I. Ting
William B. Morrison
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Spinal Trauma	188	(66)
Adam E. Flanders
Imaging of Pediatric Spinal Injury	254	(50)
Avrum N. Pollock
Stephen M. Henesch
Postoperative Spinal Imaging	304	(23)
Ashwini D. Sharan
Hana Choe
Laura Snyder
Imaging of the Previously Injured Spinal Cord	327	(28)
Steven Falcone
SECTION III. EXPERIMENTAL	355	(54)
Experimental Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury	357	(16)
Marion Murray
Experimental Techniques of Spinal Imaging	373	(36)
Eric D. Schwartz
Index	409