Surgical Management of Epilepsy
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13123 E. 16th Ave, 330, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in…
Traumatic Brain Injury
Subjective: witness to mechanism of event (i.e., police, EMT, parent report, photographs), loss of consciousness (LOC), anterograde or retrograde amnesia, witnessed posttraumatic seizure, abnormal behavior or vomiting, cardiorespiratory compromise/resuscitation, immobilization…
Skull and Scalp Anomalies
Fig. 4.1 Finding a new bump while washing hair 4.2 Diagnostic Testing Once the child is referred to pediatric neurosurgery, the provider may order a computed tomography (CT) scan or…
Neural Tube Defects
Defect Open Closed Anencephaly Fatal condition where neonate missing parts of the brain and skull x Encephalocele Saclike protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it x …
Perioperative Care
Fig. 16.1 Child-life specialist helps patient become more familiar with oxygen mask 16.1.4 Preoperative Consultations and Assessment Historically, the primary care pediatrician was asked to “clear” the patient for surgery…
Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia
Fig. 6.1 Normal T1 sagittal MRI of a 5-year-old 6.2.1 Developmental Anomaly CM-I is anatomically the simplest of the Chiari malformations. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates descent of the cerebellar tonsils…
Surgical Management of Functional Disorders
Fig. 14.1 Reflex arc The efferent neurons have their cell bodies in the ventral (or anterior) horn of the spinal cord and carry impulses from the CNS to the effector…
Neurovascular Disease
Arteries Artery walls are composed of three layers: tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica adventitia. There are three types of arteries: elastic arteries, muscular arteries, and arterioles. Thickness of wall…
Neurological Assessment of the Neonate, Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Diagnostic or imaging modality Technology utilized Nursing and patient considerations X-rays of the skull and vertebral column X-rays to look at boney structures of the skull and spine, fractures, integrity…
