Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Diseases

• Technical Standards: Nosographic Identification and Management of Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies: Evolution of Concepts and Modalities of Treatment.- Embryology and Surgical management of bony malformations of the craniovertebral junction.- Extracranial segments of the vertebral artery: insight in the developmental changes up to the 21st year of life.- Imaging of the craniovertebral junction anomalies in children.-  Anaesthesiological and Intensive Care Management in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery. Advances: Technical Advances in Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Surgery.- Craniovertebral junction instability: special reference to pediatric age group.- Minimally Invasive Posterior Trans-Muscular C1-C2 Screw Fixation through an Anatomical Corridor to Preserve Occipital-Cervical Tension Band.- Os Odontoideum Syndrome: Pathogenesis, clinical patterns and indication for surgical strategies in childhood.- Craniovertebral junction anomalies in achondroplastic children.- Craniovertebral junction pathological features and their management in the mucopolysaccharidoses.- Pediatric Craniovertebral Trauma.                                                              ​

From the book reviews: "The book provides a comprehensive review of the craniovertebral junction from embryology and pathology to surgical management and the latest techniques. The audience includes pediatric neurosurgeons, neurologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. ... This book represents the latest review of standards and advances in this area, and the authors do an outstanding job of pulling all the essentials together in one volume." (Ramsis Farid Ghaly, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2014) "This monograph concerns neurosurgery of the cranial vertebral stabilization at the C1-C2. Screw and plate surgery is discussed with diagnosis, treatment, and management complications. ... I recommend this book to neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons alike." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014)