Diseases in the cranio-cervical junction : : Anatomical and pathological aspects and detailed clinical accounts / / ed. by D. Voth, F. Schilling, K. Schürmann, P. Glees.

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• MitwirkendeR: Ahyai, A.,; Al-Hami, S.,; Albrecht, H. J.,; Arnold, H.,; Beck-Mannagetta, H.,; Becker, H.,; Besser, R.,; Bohl, J.,; Brandt, L.,; Brattstrdm, H.,; Braun, A.,; Brito, N.,; Castro, W.,; Claus, D.,; Dei-Anang, K.,; Dietz, H.,; Eggert, H. R.,; Freckmann, N.,; Friedburg, H. G.,; Friedrich, H.,; Frowein, R. A.,; Gerner, H. J.,; Gilsbach, J. M.,; Glees, P.,; Goebel, H. H.,; Goebel, K. M.,; Grote, W.,; Gschwend, N.,; Gutjahr, G.,; Hahn, K.,; Harms, J.,; Hasselbach, R.,; Heckl, R. W.,; Hennig, J.,; Herrmann, H.-D.,; Hertel, G.,; Hey, O.,; Hildebrandt, J.,; Hilgenstock, F.,; Hollerhage, H.-G.,; Hopf, H. C.,; Huk, W.,; Hussein, S.,; Hüwel, N.,; Jansen, J.,; Jensen, H.-P.,; Kalff, R.,; Kazner, E.,; Keßel, G.,; Klawki, P.,; Kluger, P.,; Knoringer, P.,; Kocks, W.,; Koschorek, F.,; Krause, A.,; Köhler, D.,; Lang, J.,; Leppien, A.,; Ljunggren, B.,; Matsumura, A.,; Meister, B.,; Mende, U.,; Montazem, A.,; Nowak, G.,; Nüsslein, B.,; Reinhardt, V.,; Renella, R. R.,; Richard, K. E.,; Rieden, K.,; Rittmeyer, K.,; Roesler, A.,; Roosen, K.,; Sanker, P.,; Schaub, Th.,; Schilling, F.,; Schleich, A.,; Schmitt, H. P.,; Schumacher, J.,; Schumacher, M.,; Schurmann, K.,; Schwarz, M.,; Schörner, W.,; Seeger, W.,; Seifert, V.,; Sollmann, W.-P.,; Steiger, U.,; Stolke, D.,; Terwey, B.,; Thumler, R.,; Trauschel, A.,; Treig, T.,; Trempenau, B.,; Voth, D.,; Wackenheim, A.,; Wallenfang, Th.,; Weller, E.,; Westerburg, K. W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Glees, P.,; Schilling, F.,; Schürmann, K.,; Voth, D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• I. Introduction
• The cranio-cervical junction in the light of a sociological cultural analysis (an introductory address)
• II. Basic research and diagnostic methods
• Embryological and neuro-anatomical aspects of the cranio-cervical region
• The cranio-cervical junction – Anatomy
• The pathogenesis of two distinct cervico-occipital malformations
• Basilar processes – visualized in radiographs and CT scans
• Radionuclide imaging of the cranio-cervical region
• Magnetic resonance imaging in the cranio-cervical region: Experiences in 194 cases
• Space-occupying, inflammatory and dysplastic lesions of the cranio-cervical junction seen in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• NMR-finding in a case of Morquio's syndrome with syncope
• The dynamic evaluation of the cervical spinal canal and spinal cord by magnetic resonance imaging during movement
• Somatosensory evoked potentials in cervical myelopathy
• Spontaneous eye movements in cranio-cervical abnormalities
• Microsurgical aspects of the transoral and transcervical approach to the cranio-cervical junction
• III. Traumatic lesions
• Double-threaded compression screws for osteosynthesis of acute fractures of the odontoid process
• Operative dorsal fusion in the region of the cranio-cervical junction after fracture of the odontoid process
• Operative treatment for traumatic arterio-venous fistulas of the vertebral artery
• High quadriplegia combined with neurogenic respiratory insufficiency – Potentialities, limits and outlook
• Occipital condyle fractures – Pathophysiology, clinical signs, and diagnosis
• IV. Malformations, system diseases and functional disturbances
• A review and classification of malformations of the cranio-cervical region
• Neurological diagnosis of malformations at the cranio-cervical junction
• Clinical findings in syringomyelia in contrast to the lesions seen in NMR imaging
• A historical review of syringomyelia in the craniocervical region and new aspects for operative treatment possible after NMR examination
• Bilateral microsurgical accessoriolysis for the treatment of spasmodic torticollis
• Irritation of upper cervical nerve roots as a cause of hemicrania
• V. Inflammatory and degenerative lesions
• A review of clinical and radiological aspects of rheumatoid arthritis of head joints
• Risk assessment of occipito-cervical involvement in inflammatory rheumatic diseases
• Surgical treatment for instability in cranio-cervical bones and their joints in rheumatoid arthritis
• Operative stabilization of atlanto-axial dislocation combined with cervical cord compression (myelopathy) in rheumatoid arthritis
• Atlanto-axial dislocation in rheumatoid arthritis – signs and symptoms, radiographic pathology, operative techniques and results
• The role of the compression clamp for dynamic posterior fusion in rheumatoid atlanto-axial dislocation
• Late results in cases of atlanto-axial dislocations after dorsal fusion
• Clinical features of Lyme disease: Immunological and neurological aspects
• Laminoplasty as a method for enlargement of the spinal canal in spondylotic cervical myelopathy
• VI. Tumors of the cranio-cervical junction
• Neuropathology of tumors in the craniospinal region
• Meningiomas and neurinomas of the cranio-cervical region – Diagnosis and operative treatment
• Craniospinal lipoma in infancy
• The clinical importance of a delayed diagnosis in cases of craniospinal tumors
• Pathological spontaneous activity in the EMG of a patient with a foramen magnum meningioma
• NMR and the surgery of tumours at the craniocervical junction
• Tumors of the cranio-cervical region, diagnostic problems, micro- and laser-surgery
• The dorsolateral approach in ventrolateral craniospinal lesions
• Tumors of the cranio-cervical junction
• Radiotherapy in metastatic diseases of the cervical spine and the craniospinal region
• VII. Summary and overview
• List of contributors
• Author's Index
• Subject Index
• Backmatter