Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Diseases

This book provides a comprehensive approach to craniovertebral junction (CVJ) diseases and their management. It includes coverage of the recently introduced minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical modalities.

​This dedicated volume in the series Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery (ATSN) provides a comprehensive approach to diseases of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ) and their management based on the multidisciplinary cooperation of neurosurgeons, anatomists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. The contributing authors represent the most renowned clinical and surgical experts from Europe and beyond. The main topics highlighted are embryology, normal and abnormal development of the CVJ, including the related vessels, modern radiological contributions to diagnosis, genetic and metabolic factors which may impact on the surgical strategies, the opportunities offered by traditional operative techniques, and the recently introduced minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical modalities. Special emphasis is also placed on the evolution of the principles of surgical treatment as matured during the past decade by experiences in the still open field of pediatric neurosurgery.

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.                                                              ​