Arachnoid Cysts: Epidemiology, Treatment and Clinical Outcomes provides a broad and updated presentation of this condition that has a predilection for the middle cranial fossa and an estimated prevalence in the general population as high as 1.7%. The book covers its epidemiology, etiology, biology (including genetics and molecular biology), symptomatology, diagnostics, management and treatment, and also delves into the effects of surgical treatment on clinical symptoms and the effects the cysts have on cognition, as well as cognitive improvement after surgical cyst decompression. It is written for researchers, residents and clinical practitioners in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery and neuroradiology. Comprehensively covers epidemiology, etiology, biology (including genetics and molecular biology), and more Written for researchers, residents and clinical practitioners in clinical neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery and neuroradiologyCovers the effects of surgical treatment on clinical symptoms and the effects the cysts have on cognition INDICE: 1. Historical perspective 2. Epidemiology 3. Causes/aetiology 4. Molecular biology and genetics 5. Classification and locations 6. Clinical presentation and symptoms 7. Psychological/cognitive function 8. Diagnosis 9. Conservative Management 10. Management and surgical treatment. Surgical procedures, results of, and complications to, surgery 11. Quality of life 12. Prognosis 13. Novel therapies 14. Special aspects of arachnoid cysts in the paediatric population 15. Spinal arachnoid cysts 16. Syndromes associated with arachnoid cysts 17. Future Developments
- ISBN: 978-0-12-809932-2
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 150
- Fecha Publicación: 15/10/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés