CENTRAL NERVE PLEXUS INJURY

This unique volume presents the first successful surgical strategy to repair the spinal root and the associated spinal cord injury that follows from severe traction injuries to the brachial and lumbosacral nerve plexus. The basic science background to this novel surgical technique is described, and the contemporary palliative procedures as well as clinical and ancillary assessments are given together with a meticulous description of the functional outcome of the surgery.

Covering the research that led to the author's pioneering application of this surgical technique to the clinical human situation, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the author's work as a leading basic scientist and nerve surgeon. It is a journey from ideas born in the laboratory to successful application to a difficult human problem involving loss of function and severe pain from a certain type of spinal cord injury.

The first step leading to the treatment of a severe and devastating spinal cord injury has been taken and is described in this book.

Contents:

Introduction
The Intraspinal Plexus Injury and Its Natural History
Surgical Anatomy
Assessment of Patients with Intraspinal Plexus Injuries
Palliative Peripheral Nerve Procedures for Spinal Root Injuries
Basic Science of Experimental Root Injuries
Surgical Exposures and Repairs
Outcome
Conclusion

Readership: Neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, neuroscientists, radiologists and postgraduate teaching.

“In summary, this book is inspirational in describing the efforts of a true surgical pioneer over many years to tackle one of the most challenging surgical procedures to treat traumatic injuries which involve damage to spinal nerve roots as they enter at the spinal cord. It represents an injury at the interface of peripheral and central nervous systems and therefore poses certain unique challenges, as well as opportunities to compare and contrast what regenerating axons can and cannot do within these two very different environments. Dr Carlstedt has done what many physicians hope to do but very few ever achieve. He has increased our understanding of an important biological and clinical problem at a scientific level as well as pioneered a new surgical approach that is benefiting patients significantly. This book and the efforts represented in it serves as an inspiration to all of us interested in advancing the field of medicine.”

Michel Kliot, MD,
Professor of NeurosurgeryActing Chief of Neurosurgery
University of WashingtonPuget Sound V A Health Care System

“Overall, I found the textbook to be an excellent read. It was highly informative. It laid out the challenges of clinical nerve root reimplantation very nicely, its potential benefits as well as its limitations … This book should be on the shelf of every surgeon who has a serious interest in understanding and repairing brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries. It should also be widely read and understood by basic scientists and others in the field interested in either spinal cord or peripheral nerve repair and regeneration.”

Journal of Neurosurgery

192pp		Pub. date: Jun 2007
ISBN: 978-1-86094-573-1 1-86094-573-2		US$104 / £61

192pp		Pub. date: Jun 2007
ISBN: 978-1-86094-870-1(ebook) 1-86094-870-7(ebook)		US$135 / £79

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