Essential Neurosurgery
Essentials
3. Edition March 2005
312 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Essential Neurosurgery provides a comprehensive introduction
to neurosurgery for junior surgical trainees and medical students.
The book concentrates on the principles of neurosurgical diagnosis
and management of the more common central nervous system problems,
including an understanding of neurology and the pathological basis
of neurological disease. There is also coverage of neurosurgical
techniques and postoperative patient management.
This new edition brings the text fully up to date and includes
many of the biological and technological advances made in the field
of neurosurgery that have improved surgical possibilities and
patient outcomes.
Review quotations from the previous edition
'flowing and well highlighted text keeps the reader
interested in the subject'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
'an excellent text...well organised and clearly set
out'
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Preface to the First Edition, ix
1 Neurological assessment and examination, 1
2 Neurosurgical investigations, 14
3 Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus, 27
4 Head injuries, 40
5 Traumatic intracranial haematomas, 56
6 Brain tumours, 64
7 Benign brain tumours, 93
8 Pituitary tumours, 109
9 Subarachnoid haemorrhage, 125
10 Stroke, 140
Stephen M. Davis MD, FRACP
11 Developmental abnormalities, 158
12 Infections of the central nervous system, 170
13 Low back pain and leg pain, 185
14 Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis, 197
15 Spinal cord compression, 206
16 Spinal injuries, 225
17 Peripheral nerve entrapments, injuries and tumours, 234
18 Facial pain and hemifacial spasm, 248
19 Pain --neurosurgical management, 254
20 Movement disorders --neurosurgical aspects, 263
21 Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects, 269
Christine Kilpatrick MD, FRACP
Index, 281
diagrams, pictures and scans showing the important pathology of a
number of core problems. It guides the reader from clinical
presentation all the way through to postoperative care. Definitely
worth a look."
- Black Bag. Bristol Medical School Magazine. Winter
2005
Review quotations from the previous edition
'flowing and well highlighted text keeps the reader
interested in the subject'
British Journal of Neurosurgery
'an excellent text...well organised and clearly set
out'
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
James Stewart Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of
Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Director of Neurosurgery and Director, The Melbourne Neuroscience
Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical
Neuroscience, which is the official journal of the Neurosurgical
Society of Australasia and the Australian Association of
Neurologists.
