Advances in pediatric neurosurgery.
Pediatric neurosurgery is benefiting greatly from technologic advances in medicine that are enabling earlier and more definitive diagnosis and treatment of a variety of conditions amenable to surgical correction. This article familiarizes the pediatrician with some of the many applications of the new technology as well as some newer concepts of disease management in pediatric neurosurgery.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed