Main description:

This book is the first reference book covering exclusively all aspects of this challenging disease. It is designed to serve as a succinct appropriate resource for neurosurgeons, otorhinolaryngologists, neuroradiologists, researchers and infectious disease specialists with an interest in cranial infection. Cranial Osteomyelitis provides an in-depth review of knowledge of the management of skull osteomyelitis, with an emphasis on risk factors, causative pathogens, pathophysiology of dissemination, clinical presentations, neuroradiological findings and treatment modalities, medical and surgical. Sections on the prognosis and prevention of this illness are also included. The book will help the reader in choosing the most appropriate way to manage this challenging bone infection. In addition, it supplies clinicians and investigators with both basic and more sophisticated information and procedures relating to the complications associated with skull osteomyelitis. It also considers future areas of investigation and innovative therapeutic philosophies. The book is richly illustrated to provide readers with unparalleled access to a comprehensive collection of cranial osteomyelitis images (biological, clinical, neuroradiological, and surgical) taken directly from the author's collection and experience in the field.

Contents:

Dedication

Forewords

Acknowledgements

Part I General Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction, Definitions and Historical Aspects

Part II Basic Information for Cranial Osteomyelitis

Chapter 2 Epidemiology and Risk Factors

Chapter 3 Different Pathogens Involved

Chapter 4 Histopathologic Changes

Chapter 5 Pathophysiology and Anatomical Spreads of Infection

Part III Diagnosis of Cranial Osteomyelitis

Chapter 6 Main Clinical Presentations

Chapter 7 Laboratory Findings

Chapter 8 Imaging Studies

Chapter 9 Differential Diagnoses: Clinical and Imaging

Part IV Management of Cranial Osteomyelitis

Chapter 10 General Considerations and Surgical Therapy

Chapter 11 Antimicrobial and Medical Therapy

Chapter <12 Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Chapter 13 Outcomes and Prognoses

Part V Special Conditions in Cranial Osteomyelitis

Chapter 14 Unusual Pathogens

Chapter 15< Special Clinical Situations

Part VI Prevention of Cranial Osteomyelitis

Chapter 16 Preventive Measures Against Cranial Bone Infection

Index