Emergency Radiology of the Head and Spine

This book provides an up-to-date, systematic review of all facets of emergency radiology in patients with head and spine injuries. The aim is to equip readers with a detailed knowledge of the various radiological patterns that may be encountered, thereby facilitating prompt diagnosis under circumstances in which time is of crucial importance. The indications, value, and results of the various emergency imaging modalities, including interventional radiology, are described and illustrated in the full range of traumatic and nontraumatic head and spine emergencies. In addition, basic management principles and technological aspects are fully explained, and protocols tailored to the mechanism of injury are presented. Emergency Radiology of the Head and Spine will be of value to neuroradiologists, interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, emergency radiologists, emergency physicians, radiology residents, radiology technicians, and all physicians and surgeons who work in emergency care.

Part I Brain: Traumatic Emergent Injuries. - Imaging of Cranial and Facial Fractures. - Traumatic Haemorrhage. - Non Accidental Injuries. Part II Brain: Non-Traumatic Emergent Injuries. - Acute Stroke: Parenchymal and Vessel Imaging. - Acute Stroke: Management. - Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. - Emergent CNS Infections, Inflammations and Tumors. - Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathies. - Herniation Syndromes. - Basic Neuro-Interventional Spine Interventions. - Part III Spine: Traumatic Emergent Injuries. - Introduction: Traumatic Spinal Cord and Spine Injury. Stability and Instability Concepts. - Traumatic Emergent Injuries: Cranio-Cervical Junction. - Cervical Spine Injury. - Thoraco-Lumbar Spine. - Part IV Spine: Non-Traumatic Emergent Injuries. - Introduction. - Emergent Degenerative and Disc Diseases. - Vascular Injury of the Spinal Cord. - Emergent Tumors and Infections of the Spinal Cord. - Myelitis and Myelopathies. - Spinal Post-Operative Complications. - Basic Neurointerventional Therapeutic Approaches. - Emergency Paediatric Head and Neck. - Part V: Emergencies of the Face and Neck. - Neck Space Anatomy. - Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Head and Neck Infections.