Spina bifida - neural tube defects : : Basic research, interdisciplinary diagnostics and treatment, results and prognosis / / ed. by D. Voth, J. Lorber, P. Gless.

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• MitwirkendeR: Al-Hami, S.,; Becker, K.,; Bergh, P. van den,; Bohl, J.,; Brito, J.,; Busse, M.,; Collmann, H.,; Correll, J.,; Deeg, K. H.,; Dew, J. O.,; Dick, W.,; Dyer, C.,; Düsterbehn, G.,; Glees, P.,; Goldhofer, W.,; Grey, R.,; Gräfin Vitzthum, H.,; Hanefeld, F.,; Hansel-Friedrich, G.,; Harms, J.,; Haupt, U.,; Heller, R.,; Henn, M.,; Hoffmann, G.,; Härle, A.,; Janzer, R. C.,; Kaufman, M. H.,; KeiSel, G.,; Kessel, G.,; Keßel, G.,; Kiwit, J. C. W.,; Koch, M.,; Kreienberg, R.,; Laurence, K. M.,; Lloyd, J.,; Lorber, J.,; Mahlmann, E. G.,; Mahlmann, E.G.,; Manz, B.,; Matthiaß, H. H.,; Menzel, J.,; Merz, E.,; Mielfried, A.,; Noll, F.,; Pollow, K.,; Potthoff, P. C.,; Pozo, J.,; Rating, D.,; Ratzka, M.,; Richard, K. E.,; Rochels, R.,; Roessmann, U.,; Rückert, N.,; Rühe, B.,; Sanker, P.,; Schmitt, P.,; Schnitger, B.,; Schober, R.,; Schreiter, F.,; Schrott, K. M.,; Schwarz, M.,; Sigel, A.,; Sommer, H. M.,; Stoeckel, W.,; Sörensen, N.,; Vandevelde, M.,; Voth, D.,; Wechsler, W.,; Weißmüller, J.,; Wellstein, R.,; Wenzel, D.,; Wolff, G.,; Zieger, A.,; Zielke, K.,
• HerausgeberIn: Gless, P.,; Lorber, J.,; Voth, D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• I. Pathology and morbidity of neural tube defects
• Spina bifida – a vanishing nightmare?
• Comparative aspects of dysraphic malformations in domestic animals
• The embryology and pathology of dysraphias
• Neural tube defects: Experimental findings and concepts of pathogenesis
• Occlusion of the Lumen of the neural tube, and its role in the early morphogenesis of the brain
• The Corpus callosum, an evolutionary and developmentally late crossing midline structure, malformations and functional aspects
• Diprosopus with craniorachischisis totalis (Case report)
• "Hindbrain upside-down" in occipital encephalocele – an alternative to the syndrome of Padget and Lindenberg
• Ocular dysraphics
• Neuropathological aspects of the syringomyelic complex
• Brain cysts and dysraphism
• Pathogenesis and clinical aspects of congenital arachnoid cysts of the Sylvian fissure in childhood
• II. Epidemiology, antenatal diagnostics and prevention of dysraphias
• The distribution of anencephalus and spina bifida in Germany
• Primary prevention of neural tube defects by dietary improvement and folic acid supplementation
• Periconceptional vitamin prophylaxe – ethical and other problems
• Anencephalus and spina bifida in Germany, the risk of recurrence
• Relevance of biochemical parameters in the prenatal diagnosis of dysraphic malformations
• Ultrasound in the prenatal diagnosis of dysraphic malformations of the head
• Diagnostic ultrasound in children with meningomyelocele-hydrocephalus and Arnold-Chiari-malformation
• Prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects by ultrasound
• Midtrimester prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects following amniocentesis and selective termination of pregnancy in South Wales 1973-1983
• Termination of pregnancy for fetal malformation
• Importance of computer-assisted cisternography and myelography for surgical treatment of cranial and spinal dysraphic malformations
• III. Surgical treatment of spinal dysraphias – technique and results
• Methods and results of the neurosurgical treatment of spinal dysraphias
• Selective treatment in spina bifida cystica
• Complications in plastic surgical treatment of spinal dysraphias
• Lumbo-sacral lipoma in spina bifida occulta. Clinical and radiological features and operation results
• Encephaloceles – their location, morphology and surgical treatment
• Diagnosis and treatment of the tethered spinai cord syndrome
• The operative treatment of spinal deformities in cases of meningomyelocele
• IV. Interdisciplinary problems of spinal dysraphias
• Incidence of spina bifida occulta and its importance in orthopaedic diseases
• The indication for operative improvement of lower limb function in children with myelomeningocele
• New methods of treating lumbar kyphosis, hip instability and dislocation in spina bifida patients
• Neuro-urological findings in dysgenesis of the sacrum
• The artificial sphincters, their role in the treatment of urinary incontinence caused by meningomyelocele (MMC)
• Assessment of intelligence of school-aged children with spina bifida under hospital supervision
• Developmental problems in children and adolescents with spina bifida (educational and psychological support)
• Psychological and educational aspects of spina bifida (from babyhood to adulthood)
• V. Summary of the present state of diagnostics and treatment of dysraphic malformations
• Summary and overview
• List of contributors
• Author's index
• Subject index