Neural Repair and Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury and Spine Trauma

Features:

• Contains contributions by international authors
• Covers recent clinical trial advancements and findings and updates on ongoing trials
• Presents an overview of clinical practice guidelines for the management of traumatic spinal cord injury featured
• Provides the reader with insights regarding the translation of research from bench to bedside and the skills needed to understand the translational pathway using real-life examples

Table Of Contents:

1. Anatomy (touch on both spine trauma and SCI)

2. Epidemiology

3. Classification Systems: Spine Trauma

4. Classification Systems: SCI

5. Outcome Measures

6. Imaging: Spine Trauma

7. Imaging: SCI (include advanced imaging techniques)

8. Intraoperative imaging and Image Guidance

9. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Upper C-spine

10. Spine Trauma Management Issues: C-spine

11. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Thoracic and Lumbar

12. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Sacrum

13. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Polytrauma

14. Spine Trauma Management Issues: Geriatric

15. Spine Trauma- areas of controversy and emerging concepts

16. Traumatic Central Cord Injury

17. SCI Management: Pathophysiology

18. SCI Management: Role and Timing of Surgical Intervention

19. SCI Management: ICU Management (including MPSS) + Drugs

20. SCI Management: Rehabilitation

21. SCI Management: Economic Impact

22. Complications

23. Neurochemical Biomarkers of Acute Spinal Cord Injury

24. Clinical Trials: Drugs

25. Clinical Trials: Regenerative Approaches

26. Clinical Trials: Rehabilitation Approaches

27. Translational Perspective: Neuroprotective Strategies for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

28. Translational Perspective: Neuroregenerative Strategies for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

29. Emerging Concepts in the clinical management of SCI for the future

30. Translational Research in Spinal Cord Injury: What is in the Future?