Neurosurgical Care of the Elderly

Neurosurgical Care of the Elderly is a comprehensive text which discusses the unique management of elderly patients. Although these problems occur in patients of all ages, their management in the geriatric population requires special consideration.

Topics include:

• The physiology of aging
• Perioperative care
• Cranial lesions and benign brain tumors
• Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
• Occlusive cerebrovascular disease
• Hemorrhagic vascular disease
• Head injuries
• Spinal lesions
• Bone physiology and bone healing
• Spinal decompression, fusion and instrumentation
• Delirium, agitation and confusion

(Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)