Brain and Spine Surgery in the Elderly

FOREWORD.- PREFACE: Epistemology, rationale and demographics of geriatric neurosurgery.- PART 1 - NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ELDERLY - Chapter 1. Physiology of the ageing nervous system.- Chapter 2. Neurological assessment and neurocognitive evaluation of the elderly.- PART 2 - NEUROANESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE - Chapter 3. Neuroanesthesia of the elderly.- Chapter 4. Perioperative neurotoxicity in the elderly.- PART 3 - INTRACRANIAL TUMORS - Chapter 5. Intracranial meningiomas.- Chapter 6. Brain gliomas.- Chapter 7. Pituitary adenomas.- Chapter 8. Vestibular schwannomas.- Chapter 9. Brain metastases.- Chapter 10. CNS Lymphoma.- PART 4 - SPINAL PATHOLOGIES - Chapter 11. Degenerative cervical spine.- Chapter 12. Degenerative lumbar spine.- Chapter 13. Spinal injuries of the elderly.- Chapter 14. Vertebral tumors of the elderly.- Chapter 15. Intramedullary spinal cord tumors.- Chapter 16. Intradural extramedullary spinal tumors.- Chapter 17. Spinal infections.- PART 5 - HEAD INJURY - Chapter 18. Traumatic brain injury in the elderly.- Chapter 19. Chronic subdural hematoma.- PART 6 - NEUROVASCULAR - Chapter 20. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in the elderly.- Chapter 21. Intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage.- Chapter 22. Malignant pseudo-tumoral stroke.- PART 7 - HYDROCEPHALUS IN THE ELDERLY.- PART 8 - TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA.- PART 9 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN NEUROSURGICAL ELDERLY PATIENTS.- APPENDIX

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• Oncologia
• Neurologia e neurofisiologia clínica
• Neurocirurgia
• Medicina geriátrica
• Anestesia
• Cuidados médicos intensivos

Geriatric neurosurgery;Geriatric neurology;Brain tumors;Pituitary tumors;Degenerative spine diseases;Spinal and head injuries;Neuroanesthesia;Radiosurgery;Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery;Hydrocephalus;Ethics