Functional Rehabilitation in Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neuro-Rehabilitation — a Challenge for Neurosurgeons in the Century 21st Concepts and Visions of the WFNS-Committee on Neurosurgical Rehabilitation....Pages 3-10
Standards of Neurologic-Neurosurgical Early Rehabilitation — A Concept of the Study Group Neurological-Neurosurgical Early Rehabilitation....Pages 11-19
Early Rehabilitative Concepts in Therapy of the Comatose Brain Injured Patients....Pages 21-23
Incidence and Management of Complications During Posttraumatic Early Rehabilitation....Pages 25-29
Early Functional Outcome in Isolated (TBI) and Combined Traumatic (CTBI) Brain Injury....Pages 31-32
Neurological and Social Long-Term Outcome after Early Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury, 5-Year Report on 240 TBI Patients....Pages 33-35
Requirements of Team Effectiveness in Neurosurgical Rehabilitation....Pages 37-39
Merging Pathways: Music Therapy in Neurosurgical Rehabilitation....Pages 41-42
The Impact of Treatment on Survival Roles of a Person with a Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 43-44
A Computerized Version of EBIS Evaluation Chart and its Opportunities in the Rehabilitation Program of TBI Patients....Pages 45-47
Satisfaction of Life and Late Psycho-Social Outcome after Severe Brain Injury: A Nine-Year Follow-up Study in Aquitaine....Pages 49-51
Clinical Efficacy of Stimulation Programs Aimed at Reversing Coma or Vegetative State (VS) Following Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 53-57
What is a Good Re-Entry Programme? What are the Key-Question? — J. Douglas Miller Memorial Lecture ....Pages 59-60
Health Management Technology for Catastrophic Medical Conditions....Pages 61-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The Important Role of Pain in Neurorehabilitation. The Neurosurgeon’s Approach or (Neurorehabilitation: The Neurosurgeon’s Role with Special Emphasis on Pain and Spasticity)....Pages 67-74
Combined Intrathecal Baclofen and Morphine Infusion for the Treatment of Spasticity Related Pain and Central Deafferentiation Pain....Pages 75-76
The Punctate Midline Myelotomy Concept for Visceral Cancer Pain Control—Case Report and Review of the Literature....Pages 77-78
Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for a Persistent Vegetative State....Pages 79-82
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus Internus (GPI) for Torsion Dystonia — A Report of two Cases....Pages 83-88
Control of Post-Stroke Movement Disorders Using Chronic Motor Cortex Stimulation....Pages 89-92
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy, Clinical Efficacy of Programmed and Magnet Stimulation....Pages 93-98
Computer Added Locomotion by Implanted Electrical Stimulation in Paraplegic Patients (SUAW)....Pages 99-104
Application of a Dual Channel Peroneal Nerve Stimulator in a Patient with a “Central” Drop Foot....Pages 105-107
Rehabilitation of Hearing and Communication Functions in Patients with NF2....Pages 109-111
Electrical Stimulation of the Sural Nerve Partially Compensates Effects of Central Fatigue....Pages 113-115
Management of Upper and Lower Limb Spasticity in Neuro-Rehabilitation....Pages 117-122
Botulinum Toxin (DYSPORT) in Tension-Type Headaches....Pages 123-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Abstracts Selected for Presentation at the WFNS Neuroreha-Conference Münster 2000, and on Early Rehabilitation in Maribor 2001....Pages 129-129
Post-Traumatic Vegetative States: Cost of Care....Pages 129-130
Psychotherapeutic Aspects on Early Neurorehabilitation in ICU....Pages 130-130
Neuropsychological View on Early Neurorehabilitation — View from Denmark....Pages 130-131
Neurorehabilitation — the Danish Concept....Pages 131-132
Early Neurorehabilitation — Neurosurgical View....Pages 132-133
The Torneo Project for Professional Reintegration of People with Acquired Brain Injury....Pages 134-134
B.N.I., a New Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Higher Cerebral Functions of Traumatic Brain Injured Patients....Pages 134-134
Thoughts on Early Neuro Rehabilitation (ENR) in Germany and Own Experience....Pages 134-137
Combating Brain Attack: Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Subarachnoid or Intracerebral Haemorrhage of Grave Prognosis....Pages 137-138
Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Patients with Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms Combined with Asymptomatic Cerebral Infarction Before and after Surgery....Pages 138-138
Neurological Outcome after Decompressive Craniectomy (DC) in 39 Patients Suffering from Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Infarction....Pages 138-138
Sequelae of Damage to Extra-Intracranial Arteries Following Head Injury....Pages 139-139
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Dorsal Column Stimulation for Arousal of Coma....Pages 139-139
Sequelae of Damage to Extra-Intracranial Arteries Following Head Injury....Pages 139-140
Vigilance Enhancing Effect of Botulinum Toxin A (Btx A) after Local Application in Vegetative Patients with Severe Spasticity Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)....Pages 140-140
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy and Two-Year MRI Follow-up of Head Trauma: A Prospective Study....Pages 140-140
Characteristics of Emotional Personality Disturbances in Adolescents with Chronic Post-Traumatic Headaches (CPTH) after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)....Pages 140-141
Suicide Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population Study....Pages 141-141
Longterm Neuropsychological Outcome After Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Effects of Age at Injury....Pages 141-141
Attentional Complaints of Professionals are More Accurate than Patients’ and Relatives’ Complaints Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 142-142
Divided Attention after Severe Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 142-142
An Ecological Approach of a Dysexecutive Syndrome....Pages 142-142
Quality of Life 2 to 6 Years after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)....Pages 143-143
Back Matter....Pages 144-148