Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery

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Rahul Jandial, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Paul McCormick, MD, MPH, FACS, Herbert & Linda Gallen Professor of Neurological Surgery, Director, Spine Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Peter Black, MD, PhD, Founding Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, Boston, MA, USA.

Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery provides step-by-step guidance to help you effectively manage the full range of cranial and spinal neurosurgical disorders. Drs. Rahul Jandial, Paul McCormick, and Peter Black offer their expertise and experience in consistent chapters that cover the indications and contraindications, pitfalls, tips and tricks, and more for each procedure. With access to the full text and procedural videos online at www.expertconsult.com, youll have everything you need to minimize risk and get the best results.

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Hardbound, 736 Pages

Published: April 2011

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4377-0907-0

SECTION I EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS
CHAPTER 1 Why Diagnose and Treat?...................................................................1
CHAPTER 2 Evaluating the Patient with Memory Loss ............................................4
SECTION II DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS
CHAPTER 3 Alzheimers Disease.........................................................................43
CHAPTER 4 Mild Cognitive Impairment ...............................................................71
CHAPTER 5 Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinsons
Disease Dementia) ...........................................................................79
CHAPTER 6 Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive
Impairment ......................................................................................91
CHAPTER 7 Frontotemporal Dementia................................................................104
CHAPTER 8 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy .....................................................118
CHAPTER 9 Corticobasal Degeneration .............................................................128
CHAPTER 10 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.....................................................136
CHAPTER 11 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease..............................................................143
CHAPTER 12 Other Disorders..............................................................................148
SECTION III TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS
CHAPTER 13 Goals of Treatment.........................................................................163
CHAPTER 14 Cholinesterase Inhibitors................................................................166
CHAPTER 15 Memantine (Namenda) ...................................................................184
CHAPTER 16 Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories...................193
CHAPTER 17 Future Treatments of Memory Loss .................................................199
CHAPTER 18 Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss ............................214
SECTION IV BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
OF DEMENTIA
CHAPTER 19 Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological
Symptoms of Dementia...................................................................220
CHAPTER 20 Caring for and Educating the Caregiver...........................................228
CHAPTER 21 Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and
Psychological Symptoms of Dementia .............................................236
CHAPTER 22 Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological
Symptoms of Dementia...................................................................247
SECTION V ADDITIONAL ISSUES
CHAPTER 23 Life Adjustments ............................................................................259
CHAPTER 24 Legal and Financial Issues.............................................................266
CHAPTER 25 Special Issues...............................................................................271
SECTION VI CASE STUDIES..............................................275
ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES: (See inside front cover for details)
APPENDIX A Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions,
and Normative Data
APPENDIX B Screening for Memory Loss
APPENDIX C Our Current Understanding of Memory
Index.....................................................................................................................289

Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery

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