The Neurosurgeon's Handbook

About this book

The Neurosurgeon's Handbook is compact, readable, multi-authored, extensively illustrated and authoritative source of high quality neurosurgical information; it is the ultimate companion to neurosurgical trainees and neurosurgeons around the world.

Based on the curriculum of British, North American and European neurosurgical training programmes, and with the contribution of some of the worlds leading neurosurgeons and neuroclinicians, the Neurosurgery Handbook has been produced with the highest possible standards.

The Neurosurgeon's Handbook concisely covers all aspects of adult and paediatric neurosurgery. It is systematically, meticulously and clearly broken down into easy-to-follow sections that contain condensed but comprehensive neurosurgical information.

Over 18 sections and 113 chapters, all critical neurosurgical information is systematically presented to include clear definitions; epidemiology, pathophysiology and mechanisms of disease; neuroradiological and neuropathological features; critical care and neuroanaesthesia; clinical presentation and differential diagnosis; treatment; critical surgical anatomy and step-by-step key operative techniques of the brain, skull base and spine.

The material is based on clinical trials, major clinical series and the extensive personal experience of some of the worlds best neurosurgeons and neuroclinicians who contributed to the handbook.

Hundreds of imaging studies, neuropathological photographs (some in full colour) and anatomical and surgical diagrams supplement the text which is methodically organised to allow understanding of all complex neurosurgical concepts of adult and paediatric neurosurgery.

Widely accepted practice guidelines, major classification schemes, commonly used neurological scales, significant syndromes and constellation of key signs and symptoms are found in 188 tables, presented in a way easy to understand and remember.

"We are reinventing neurosurgery from moment to moment. During this process we are reinventing the neurosurgeon! Yet, the essential elements, which are clearly presented between these covers, represent the required grounding of the information base for the practice of neurosurgery for all. Samandouras and a luminary group of neuro-clinicians have done a thorough job in attending to this complex task." Michael L. J. Apuzzo, Edwin M. Todd Professor of Neurological Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Los Angeles, USA, Editor-in-Chief, Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery

Readership: Neurosurgical trainees, qualified neurosurgeons, associated specialists (critical care neurologists, emergency medicine physicians; spinal and trauma surgeons).

Table of Contents

1: The neurosurgical patient
2: Neuroradiology
3: Critical care and anaesthesia
4: Operating theatre and surgical approaches
5: Brain injuries
6: Spinal injuries
7: Infections in neurosurgery
8: Neurooncology
9: Vascular neurosurgery of the brain
10: Vascular neurosurgery of the spine
11: The base of the skull
12: Hydrocephalus and CSF diversion
13: Paediatric neurosurgery
14: Epilepsy and the neurosurgeon
15: Pain, spasticity and movement disorders
16: Non-traumatic spinal disorders
17: Surgical disorders of the peripheral nervous system
18: Ethics in modern neurosurgery

Author Informatrion

George Samandouras, Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK