The Camperdown Program
Further support for the treatment comes from outcomes of Phase I and Phase II trials of the treatment adapted for telehealth delivery (Carey et al., 2010; O’Brian et al., 2008). Participants in…
Lidcombe Program with School-Age Children
Parents in both Koushik et al. (2009) and Lincoln et al. (1996) reported being satisfied with their children’s post-treatment speech. Koushik et al., interviewed parents of ten of the children about their satisfaction…
The Lidcombe Program
Advantages and disadvantages Advantages In relation to other early stuttering interventions, the evidence base for the LP is generally acknowledged as strong, and with more evidence to support its use…
Hydatidosis of the Spine
Fig. 9.1 Cyst removed from a vertebral body Fig. 9.2 Large open cyst with multiple daughter vesicles inside The clear, yellow hydatid fluid contains sodium chloride, proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, and…
Unusual Presentations of Hydatidosis of the Central Nervous System
Fig. 21.1 The vascular dissemination of hydatidosis Calvarium Hydatid disease in the calvarium is usually the rarest in the CNS. Anatomically, the bones of the calvarium, which has a protective…
Surgical Treatment of Spinal Hydatidosis
Fig. 14.1 Posteriorly located intradural extramedullary hydatid cyst can be seen on sagittal T1-weighted MRI. The cyst was compressing the spinal cord from the posterior aspect at the T7–8 level…
Complications of Spinal Hydatidosis
Fig. 18.1 A 73-year-old man presented with increasing low back and leg pain. Plain lumbar spinal radiography showed a compression fracture within the L2 vertebra as well as the “absent…
Imaging of Spinal Hydatid Disease
Fig. 12.1 (a) Spinal hydatid cysts (arrows). (b) Spinal hydatid preoperative view (arrows). (c) Spinal hydatid resected specimen (arrows) (Courtesy of D. Chowdhury, MD) Patients with hydatid disease usually present…
Hydatidosis of the Brain
Author(s) Year Number of cases Sex ratio (M:F) Mean age (years) Gupta et al. 1999 5 3:2 13.4 Khaldi et al. 2000 117 Slight male predominance 7.2 Bükte et al….
Hydatidosis of the Skull
Author(s) Country Year of publication No. of cases Site of involvement Radiological study Outcome Arseni and Samitca Romania 1957 1 Skull X-ray NS Orman and Roux South Africa 1968 2…
