Spinal cord diseases : diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Introduction to the Clinical Presentations of Spinal Cord Disease from a Pathophysiological Perspective, Jonathan Cole and Roy O. Weller Developmental/Genetic Disease Myelodysplasia, Terry J. Coyne and Michael G. Fehlings The Chiari Malformations, R. John Hurlbert and Michael G. Fehlings Spastic Paraplegia, Bulbar Palsy, and Spinocerebellar Degeneration, Ian E. C. Ormerod and Paul T. G. Davies Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Column Injuries to the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord, George S. Miz Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma, Kenneth Main and Gordon L. Engler Birth Injuries, Kent Patrick Posttraumatic Syrinx: Diagnosis and Treatment, Noel I. Perin Infections Infections of the Spinal Cord, J. B. Peiris and S. B. Gunatilake Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Postinfective Neuroradiculoneuropathies, John Winer HIV Disease of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots, Hadi Manji Tumors Pathology of Spinal Tumors, Roy O. Weller Benign Spinal Tumors, Ali R. Rezai, Mark Lee, and Rick Abbott Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors of Children and Adults, Shlomi Constantini and Fred Epstein Metastatic Disease of the Spine, Kenneth J. Paonessa and Michael J. Halperin Neurological and Systemic Disease Spinal Features of Multiple Sclerosis, Clive Paul Hawkins Motor Neuron Disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Catherine M. Lloyd and P. Nigel Leigh Rheumatological Aspects of Spinal Disease, Cyrus Cooper and Michael I. D. Cawley Spinal Vascular Disease, W. Louis Merton Decompression Illness, A. W. Murrison, T. James R. Francis, and E. M. Sedgwick Cervical Spondylosis and Myelopathy, Jonathan Duffill and Fausto Iannotti Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, Robert Jeffrey Martin and Christopher S. Kent Investigation of Spinal Cord Disease Imaging of Spinal Disease, Simon Barker Clinical Neurophysiology of Spinal Cord Disorders, W. Louis Merton and Jonathan Cole Urological Aspects of Spinal Cord Disease, Vijay Chandiramani, David Thomas, and Clare J. Fowler Additional Problems Omental Transposition in Spinal Cord Injury, C. J. Gerber, Glenn Neil-Dwyer, and Dorothy A. Lang Pain Associated with Disease of the Spinal Cord, Jonathan Cole Sexual Problems Associated with Spinal Cord Disease, Anthony Matthew Tromans and Jonathan Cole The Palliative and Terminal Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Disease, Tony O'Brien