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- Reports detailed mechanisms of embryogenesis of each malformation
- Shows step-by-step surgical repair of each malformation
- Represents extremely copious illustrations with embryology drawings, radiographic images, and intraoperative pictures of each type of malformation
This book includes detailed discussions of the latest science in the embryogenesis of spinal dysraphic malformations, and a well-illustrated guide to their surgical repair. In addition to covering the actual malformations, and because, with the probable exception of prenatal closure of the open neural tube defect, all surgical repairs of other dysraphic malformations require sophisticated intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM), an in-depth chapter is devoted to the physics, physiology, techniques, parameters and patterns of electrophysiological responses in representative dysraphic lesions. As the evaluation of bladder function is crucial for the assessment of the pre-operative clinical status and long-term outcome of the patient with spinal dysraphism, an entire chapter is devoted to the neurophysiology of micturition, the symptoms of neuropathic bladder, and to the explanation of the complexities of proper urodynamics. The book will be an invaluable tool for paediatric neurosurgical consultants interested in spinal dysraphism and for fellows and other trainees in this discipline. Table of Contents- Gastrulation and Split Cord Malformation
- Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele: Neurosurgical Perspectives
- A New Surgical Paradigm for Postnatal Repair of Open Neural Tube Defects Using Intraoperative Neurophysiology Monitoring
- Focal Spinal Nondisjunctional Disorders: Including a Discussion on the Embryogenesis of Cranial Focal Nondisjunctional Lesions
- Junctional Neural Tube Defect (JNTD): A Rare and Relatively New Spinal Dysraphic Malformation
- The Current Status of the Surgical Management of Complex Spinal Cord Lipomas: Still Navigating the Labyrinth?
- Secondary Neurulation Defects: Retained Medullary Cord
- Secondary Neurulation Defect: Terminal Myelocystocele, a Biological Leviathan
- Updates on Intraoperative Neurophysiology During Surgery for Spinal Dysraphism
- Urological Aspects of Spinal Dysraphism
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