Genetics of Hydrocephalus / Peter B. Dirks --; Development of the Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathways During Embryonic and Fetal Life in Humans / Martin Catala --; Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics / Marek Czosnyka, Zofia H. Czosnyka, Peter C. Whitfield --; Pathophysiology of Hydrocephalus / Márcia C. da Silva --; Modern Imaging of Pediatric Hydrocephalus / Francis Brunelle --; Classification and Definition of Hydrocephalus: Origin, Controversy, and Assignment of the Terminology / Shizuo Oi --; Hydrocephalus: Intracranial Pressure, Myelination, and Neurodevelopment / Patrick W. Hanlo, Rob H.J.M. Gooskens, Peter W. Vandertop --; Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus of Prematurity / Frederick A. Boop --; Hydrocephalus with Myelomeningocele / Spyros Sgouros --; Benign Pericerebral Collections in Children / Spyros Sgouros, Christos Tolias --; Hydrocephalus in Pediatric Patients with Posterior Fossa Tumours / Christian Sainte-Rose --; Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Suprasellar Lesions / Vitaly Siomin, Shlomi Constantini. Hydrocephalus and Colloid Cysts / Philippe Decq, Caroline Le Guerinel, Laurent Sakka --; Hydrocephalus and Spinal Tumors / Helen Maroulis, Wirginia Maixner, Enrico Leone, Giuseppe Cinalli --; Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Children / Alexander V. Ciurea, Teodora C. Coman, Dan Mircea --; Multiloculated Hydrocephalus / Pietro Spennato, Giuseppe Cinalli, Giuseppe Carannante --; Hydrocephalus in Neurocysticercosis and Other Parasitic and Infectious Diseases / Sergio Cavalheiro, Samuel T. Zymberg, Márcia C. da Silva --; Hydrocephalus and the Dandy-Walker Malformation / Giuseppe Cinalli, Pietro Spennato, Maria Laura del Basso de Caro --; Hydrocephalus and Aqueductal Stenosis / Giuseppe Cinalli, Pietro Spennato, Emilio Cianciulli --; Shunt Hardware and Surgical Technique / Howard J. Ginsberg, James M. Drake --; Abdominal Complications of Peritoneal Shunts / Matthieu Vinchon, Patrick Dhellemmes --; Patterns of Shunt Failure According to the Hydrodynamic Features of the Valve: Lessons from the Shunt Design Trial / John R.W. Kestle, James M. Drake. Slit Ventricle Syndrome or Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management / Harold L. Rekate --; Endoscopic Anatomy of the Ventricles / Philippe Decq --; Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy / Giuseppe Cinalli --; Third Ventriculostomy in Shunt Malfunction / Jonathan Punt --; Dynamic MRI of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Children / Francis Brunelle --; The CISS Sequence in the Preoperative MRI Assessment of Neuroendoscopic Third Ventriculostomy / Norman S. McConachie --; Complications of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy / Charles Teo --; Repeat Third Ventriculostomy / Vitaly Siomin, Shlomi Constantini --; Economic Analysis of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Ventricular Shunts / Hugh Garton, Paul Steinbok --; Growth and Puberty in Hydrocephalus / Rasa Brauner, Florence Cholley, Christine Trivin --; Epilepsy in Childhood Shunted Hydrocephalus / Marie Bourgeois, Christian Sainte-Rose, Giuseppe Cinalli.
In the last ten years the pediatric neurosurgeon has witnessed a real revolution in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus, the most frequently encountered condition in everyday clinical practice. The evolution of MRI and the advent of neuroendoscopic surgery have resuscitated the interest in the classification, etiology and pathophysiology of hydrocephalus. The book offers an updated overview on the recent progress in this field, and a new approach to hydrocephalus: the reader will find in it a modern and new presentation of an old disease, where genetics, endoscopy, cost-effectiveness analyses and many other aspects of the various therapies are extensively discussed. The volume will be useful not only for neurosurgeons, but for all specialists interested in the various aspects of hydrocephalus: pediatricians, radiologists, endocrinologists, pathologists and geneticists.