Brain and Spine Surgery in the Elderly

Part I. Generalities

1. Rapid Growth in the Elderly Population of the World
Louis G. Pol

2. A Brief Physiology of the Aging
Moncef Berhouma

3. Neurological Assessment and Neurocognitive Evaluation of the Elderly
Pierre Krolak-Salmon

Part II. Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care

4. Neurosurgical Anesthesia for the Elderly: Is Age Really Just a Number?
David A. Wyler, Elizabeth M. Gabrielli, W. Andrew Kofke

5. Perioperative Neurotoxicity in the Elderly
Elizabeth M. Gabrielli, Roderic G. Eckenhoff

6. Central Nervous System Infections in the Elderly
Rodrigo Hasbun, Allan R. Tunkel

Part III. Intracranial Tumors

7. Intracranial Meningiomas in the Elderly
David B. Schul, Chochlidakis Nikos, Chirstianto B. Lumenta

8. Brain Gliomas in the Elderly
Cristina Izquierdo Gracia, Francois Ducray

9. Pituitary Adenomas
Paolo Cappabianca, Chiara Caggiano, Domenico Solari, Karol Migliorati, Waleed A. Azab, Elia Guadagno, Marialaura Del Basso Caro, Emmanuel Jouanneau, Luigi M. Cavallo

10. Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery in the Elderly
Philip Y. Sun, Marina L. Castner, Kathryn M. Abel, Colin L. W. Driscoll, Michael J. Link

11. Management of Primary CNS Lymphoma in Elderly Patients
Andreas F. Hottinger, Bianca Moura, Francesco Grandoni, Rita Micheli

12. Management of Brain Metastases: Distinctive Features in the Elderly
Moncef Berhouma

Part IV. Spinal Diseases

13. Degenerative Spine Disease
Christian Ewald, Albrecht Waschke

14. Spinal Injuries of the Elderly
Christopher D. Witiw, Laureen D. Hachem, Michael G. Fehlings

15. Extradural Vertebral Tumors in the Elderly
Ryan J. Filler, Timothy T. Roberts, Edward C. Benzel

16. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Rajiv R. Iyer, George I. Jallo

17. Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumors
Owoicho Adogwa, Richard G. Fessler

18. Spinal Infections
Hideki Nagashima

Part V. Head Injury

19. Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly
Verena Röckelein, Michael Buchfelder, Andrea Kleindienst

20. Chronic Subdural Haematoma in the Elderly
Ellie Edlmann, Peter J. Hutchinson, Angelos G. Kolias

Part VI. Neurovascular

21. Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the Elderly
Mats Ryttlefors, Per Enblad

22. Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Elderly
Moncef Berhouma, Timothée Jacquesson, Emmanuel Jouanneau

23. Swollen Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke in the Elderly
Desmond A. Brown, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

Part VII. Miscellaneous

24. Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Elderly
Jonathan Cohen, Hossein Mousavi, Raymond F. Sekula

25. Hydrocephalus in the Elderly: Diagnosis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Albert M. Isaacs, Mark G. Hamilton, Michael A. Williams

26. Hydrocephalus in the Elderly: Surgical Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Albert M. Isaacs, Michael A. Williams, Mark G. Hamilton

27. Ethics in Neurosurgery for the Elderly
Farshad Nassiri, Mark Bernstein

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Neurosurgery, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology, Oncology, Anesthesiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine