Description
Rapid diagnosis and treatment are crucial to successful outcomes in infections involving the central nervous system, which can cause significant neurological morbidity and mortality. Neurosurgical Infectious Disease: Surgical and Nonsurgical Management is a comprehensive guide that gives surgeons the core knowledge they need to diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious diseases of the central nervous system.
Key Features:
- Emphasizes newer surgical techniques, including: endoscopy, neuronavigation, and intraoperative guidance
- Covers contemporary radiologic diagnostic techniques and provides excellent imaging examples
- Includes chapters on antibiotic prophylaxis, intracranial infection, and the infection of implanted devices
This excellent neurosurgical reference will be an essential part of the armamentarium used by neurosurgeons and infectious disease specialists in their daily practice.
About the Author
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Book Information
ISBN 9781604068054
Author Walter A. Hall
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Publisher Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 998g
