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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DISORDERS GEBUNDEN

Hydrocephalus is one of the most common diseases of pediatric and adult neurosurgery. With the
introduction of modern neurosurgical procedures  this disease has become a life-long problem.
Even with optimal treatment  there is still significant morbidity and mortality along with a
significant cost to the medical system. This has caused patients and their families to demand
improvements in treatments and forced clinicians to evaluate their treatments in large
consortiums while utilizing both genetics and technology to improve outcomes or avoid placement
of shunt all together. This text is designed to present the current treatments for
hydrocephalus across the lifespan. The foundation for understanding cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
abnormalities begins with the understanding of physiology and pathogenesis of disease. These
chapters are written by published experts in the field and detail the significant advances in
the detection of CSF abnormalities. This section will discuss the current advances in imaging
and current research in biomarkers for both pediatric and adult patients. We will then
systematically discuss the treatment of both pediatric and adult CSF disorders. These will be
broken down by cause  since the physiology of each can be different. We will end the book with
a discussion both of the technological advances and a discussion of consortiums and how they
have advanced treatment of this chronic disease.

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