Description
Arachnoid Cysts: Clinical and Surgical Management gives a broad and updated presentation of the condition, including symptomatology, diagnostics, management and treatment. The book covers the effects of surgical treatment on clinical symptoms and the effects cysts have on cognition, as well as cognitive improvement after surgical cyst decompression. This book is written for researchers, residents and clinical practitioners in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and pediatrics.- Covers the symptomology and treatment of arachnoid cysts- Describes impaired cognition associated with arachnoid cysts- Identifies the advantages, disadvantages and results of different surgical approaches- Provides valuable information to researchers, residents and clinical practitioners in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and pediatrics
Table of Contents
Clinical diagnostic aspects1. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and headache2. Clinical presentation, symptoms and complaints: Dizziness/vertigo3. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and epilepsy4. Clinical presentation, symptoms and complaints: Arachnoid cysts and visual function5. Clinical presentation, symptoms and complaints: What matters: size, location, or intracystic pressure?6. Intracranial arachnoid cysts and mental functionsSurgical aspects7. Controversies in the management of intracranial arachnoid cysts8. Indications. Which cysts should be operated: Pros and Cons: Clinical, radiological, and neuropsychological evidence in favour of surgical decompression9. Surgical techniques, results, and complications: Microsurgical techniques - traditional craniotomy.10. Microsurgical Techniques – The Keyhole Approach11. Endoscopic techniques in arachnoid cyst surgery12. Shunt techniques - Cystoperitoneal shunt13. Surgical techniques, results, and complications: Shunt techniques - Cystosubdural shunt. Cystoventricular shunt/stent14. Overdrainage syndromes in shunted arachnoid cysts15. Arachnoid cyst, anesthesia and postoperative management16. Pre- and postoperative quality of life in arachnoid cyst patients17. Pediatric Spinal Arachnoid Cysts, part 118. Pediatric Intracranial Arachnoid Systs, part 219. Spinal arachnoid cysts20. Arachnoid cysts and risk of sport-related brain injury
