- Comprehensive content coverage of myelopathies
- Integration of diagnostic and therapeutic information
- Chapters authored by experts in the field
Disorders of the spinal cord are diverse and potentially devastating. They can present as acute, subacute and chronic disorders causing a variety of symptoms. Patients can present to pediatricians, internists, OBGYNs, emergency room physicians and neurologists requiring a diversity of clinicians to be familiar with the signs, symptoms, recommended testing and treatment options.
This book comprehensively addresses myelopathies, the broad spectrum of potential pathologies. Chapters cover approaches to acute, subacute and chronic myelopathies; individual myelopathic disorders; the pathobiology, epidemiology, signs, and symptoms of the disorder; diagnostic approach, and therapeutic options.
This comprehensive review is beneficial to any clinician, with special emphasis for neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and physiatrists.
Table of Contents- Anatomy of the Spinal Cord
- Spinal Cord Physiology: Neuromotor Control of Diaphragm Muscle
- Imaging of the Spinal Cord
- Traumatic Disorders: Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy Secondary to Trauma
- The Spinal Cord Arterial Supply
- Venous Hypertensive Myelopathies
- Transverse Myelitis
- Infectious Myelopathies
- Malignancies of the Spinal Cord
- Hereditary Myelopathy: A Clinical Approach
- Activity Based Restorative Therapy (ABRT) in Myelopathies
