This book provides an up-to-date, systematic review of all facets of emergency radiology in patients with head and spine injuries. The aim is to equip readers with a detailed knowledge of the various radiological patterns that may be encountered, thereby facilitating prompt diagnosis under circumstances in which time is of crucial importance. The indications, value, and results of the various emergency imaging modalities, including interventional radiology, are described and illustrated in the full range of traumatic and nontraumatic head and spine emergencies. In addition, basic management principles and technological aspects are fully explained, and protocols tailored to the mechanism of injury are presented. Emergency Radiology of the Head and Spine will be of value to neuroradiologists, interventional neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, emergency radiologists, emergency physicians, radiology residents, radiology technicians, and all physicians and surgeons who work in emergency care.

Part I Brain: Traumatic Emergent Injuries

Imaging of Cranial and Facial Fractures
Traumatic Haemorrhage
Non Accidental Injuries. Part II Brain: Non-Traumatic Emergent Injuries
Acute Stroke: Parenchymal and Vessel Imaging
Acute Stroke: Management
Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Emergent CNS Infections, Inflammations and Tumors
Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathies
Herniation Syndromes
Basic Neuro-Interventional Spine Interventions
Part III Spine: Traumatic Emergent Injuries
Introduction: Traumatic Spinal Cord and Spine Injury. Stability and Instability Concepts
Traumatic Emergent Injuries: Cranio-Cervical Junction
Cervical Spine Injury
Thoraco-Lumbar Spine
Part IV Spine: Non-Traumatic Emergent Injuries
Introduction
Emergent Degenerative and Disc Diseases
Vascular Injury of the Spinal Cord
Emergent Tumors and Infections of the Spinal Cord
Myelitis and Myelopathies
Spinal Post-Operative Complications
Basic Neurointerventional Therapeutic Approaches
Emergency Paediatric Head and Neck
Part V: Emergencies of the Face and Neck
Neck Space Anatomy
Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Head and Neck Infections.