TY - CHAP
T1 - Head and neck
AU - Rollins, Nancy
AU - Luks, François
AU - Esposito, Giovanni
AU - Esposito, Ciro
AU - Califano, Luigi
AU - Longo, Francesco
AU - Esposito, Paola
AU - Albanese, Craig T.
AU - Fujioka, Masayuki
AU - Muroi, Carl
AU - Khan, Nadia
AU - Yonekawa, Yasuhiro
AU - Chiappinelli, Aurelie
AU - Vallone, Gianfranco
AU - De Luca, Concetta
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The patient of pediatric neurosurgery ranges from the preterm infant to the adolescent. The diseases addressed in pediatric neurosurgery include congenital disorders such as hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and craniosynostosis, particular types of tumors of the central nervous system, cerebrovascular diseases including vascular malformations and moyamoya disease, intractable epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury or acquired disorders. Pediatric neurosurgery requires team work that involves pediatric specialists from various fields including pediatric anesthesia, neurology, neuro-oncology, plastic surgery, psychology, and neuroradiology.
AB - The patient of pediatric neurosurgery ranges from the preterm infant to the adolescent. The diseases addressed in pediatric neurosurgery include congenital disorders such as hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and craniosynostosis, particular types of tumors of the central nervous system, cerebrovascular diseases including vascular malformations and moyamoya disease, intractable epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury or acquired disorders. Pediatric neurosurgery requires team work that involves pediatric specialists from various fields including pediatric anesthesia, neurology, neuro-oncology, plastic surgery, psychology, and neuroradiology.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-71516-0_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-71516-0_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84891454837
SN - 9783540715153
SP - 1
EP - 29
BT - Pediatric Surgical Diseases
PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ER -