Cranial Osteomyelitis Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Main Author: Akhaddar, Ali (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neuroradiology.; Infectious diseases.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

This book is the first reference book covering exclusively all aspects of this challenging disease. It is designed to serve as a succinct appropriate resource for neurosurgeons, otorhinolaryngologists, neuroradiologists, researchers and infectious disease specialists with an interest in cranial infe...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction, Definitions, and Historical Aspects
• Epidemiology and Risk Factors
• Different Pathogens Involved
• Histopathologic Changes
• Pathophysiology and Anatomical Spreads of Infection
• Main Clinical Presentations
• Laboratory Findings
• Imaging Studies
• Differential Diagnoses: Clinical and Imaging
• General Considerations and Surgical Therapy
• Antimicrobial and Medical Therapy
• Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Outcomes and Prognoses
• Unusual Pathogens
• Special Clinical Situations
• Preventive Measures Against Cranial Bone Infection.