Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Tumors, 1st ed. 2021
Tumors involving peripheral nerves may be extremely challenging lesions to diagnose and treat. In order to optimize their management, physicians should have a thorough knowledge of peripheral nerve anatomy and pathology (both gross and microscopic), as well as familiarity with microsurgical techniques and intraoperative neurophysiological recording.
This compendium deals with all aspects of tumors affecting peripheral nerves, from diagnosis to treatment; the topics it addresses range from epidemiology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, and clinical diagnosis to electrophysiology, imaging, genetic/cytomolecular aspects. Surgical approaches, biopsies and resection of various benign, malignant and pseudo-tumoral lesions, plexus tumors (both brachial and lumbosacral), and adjunctive treatment modalities and pain-related issues are described in detail.
The book is intended not only for neurosurgeons, hand surgeons, plastic and orthopedic surgeons new to the field, but also for seasoned specialists who wish to update their knowledge with new insights based on robust experimental and clinical material. In addition, it will be a helpful tool for general and oncological surgeons who are sometimes faced with the treatment of mass lesions that may be potential nerve tumors, and for all practitioners who are engaged in the arduous struggle to bring relief to patients affected by these lesions.Fernando Guedes is Professor of Neurosurgery and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Gaffree e Guinle University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. He is a member of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery, Vice-chairman of the Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and a member of the Teaching Commission of the Society of Neurosurgery of Rio de Janeiro. He is also a Former President of the Society of Neurosurgery of Rio de Janeiro, of the Society of Neurological Surgery of the Southern Cone, and of the Peripheral Nerve Chapter of the Latin American Federation of Societies of Neurosurgery - FLANC.
Eric L. Zager graduated magna cum laude in Biochemistry from Harvard College and received his MD degree at Stanford University. He completed residency training in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then was awarded a Congress of Neurological Surgeons clinical fellowship to study peripheral nerve surgery with Dr. Alan Hudson at the University of Toronto and with Dr. David Kline at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. He won the Galbraith Award in Cerebrovascular Surgery in 1988, and the Young Clinician Investigator Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in 1991. He has been on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania since 1989. Currently he holds the Endowed Chair: Neurosurgical Professorship in Academic Excellence at Penn. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 150 chapters and reviews, as well as edited 2 textbooks on surgical disorders of peripheral nerve.
Debora Garozzo completed her medical degree in 1989 in Palermo and her residency program in Verona. In 2006 she established an academic collaboration with the Hand Surgery Department of Huashan hospital in Shanghai and organized regular meetings on brachial plexus
Date de parution : 08-2022
Ouvrage de 382 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
Date de parution : 08-2021
Ouvrage de 382 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
Thèmes de Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment of Peripheral Nerve... :
Mots-clés :
Genetic diseases; Schwannomas; Neurofibromas; Neurofibromatosis; Schwannomatosis
