Here is the first biography to appear in fifty years of Harvey Cushing, a giant of American medicine and without doubt the greatest figure in the history of brain surgery. Drawing on new collections of intimate personal and family papers, diaries and patient records, Michael Bliss captures Cushing's professional and personal life in remarkable ...
With poignant insight and humour, "When the Air Hits Your Brain" chronicles a man's evolution from naive and ambitious young houseman to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumour in her brain, a young man struck down in ...
Now in its sixth edition, "Clinical Neurology" continues to provide the comprehensive overview of basic and clinical neurology that physicians and students have relied on for years.
Greenberg's classic text returns in a new edition packed with the fundamental science concepts and clinical applications that will guide you through the full range of situations arising in professional practice. Thoroughly cross referenced and indexed, and with thousands of literature citations, this edition incorporates practice parameters ...
An authoritative and comprehensive review of the most important clinical issues facing critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients. The authors provide pertinent basic, clinical, diagnostic, and management guidelines for all the conditions commonly encountered in the neurocritical care unit, including the management of autonomic disorders ...
This is a hands-on practical book for the medical users of Kandel's "Principles of Neural Science, Fourth Edition". Users first learn and implement the neurological exam. Case studies are then used to examine the differential diagnosis leading to the understanding of the major neurological diseases.
An astonishing glimpse of the human brain--and the elite surgeons who explore its inner workings at the world's most renowned neurological institute. Readers meet the gifted Dr. Robert Spetzler, head of neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, and discover the amazing accomplishments and disheartening limitations of this life-giving field.
A. Perneczky and R. Reisch, in collaboration with M. Tschabitscher, offer a detailed systematic overview of the different approaches for minimally invasive craniotomies. After a description of the historical development of the particular craniotomy, each chapter illustrates the anatomical construction of the target region and the surgical approach ...
Now thoroughly updated and revised, this comprehensive reference systematically examines current approaches to frequently encountered neurosurgical problems. The Second Edition provides expanded coverage of spinal disorders and features many new contributing authors who are in the mainstream of contemporary neurosurgical practice. The book is ...
Although there are many scientific and philosphical reasons to study the brain, for William J. Freed, "the most compelling reason to study the brain is to be able to repair the brains of individuals with nervous systems injury or disease". Advances in repairing the nervous system, as well as new data on brain development, growth and plasticity, ...
"Intensive Neurosurgery Board Review" , the ultimate Q&A review for the ABNS exam, offers 1,300 questions written in the format of the neurosurgery written examination. For each question, a detailed explanation of the correct and incorrect answer options is provided. An essential review for residents across neurological disciplines, this book is ...
This practical-minded text helps the radiologist and the clinician understand diffusion-weighted MR imaging. The book's 15 chapters range from basic principles to interpretation of diffusion-weighted MR imaging and specific disease. In this second edition, diffusion tensor imaging (fractional anisotropy, color map and fiber tractography) is ...
Here's the reference the "Journal of Neurosurgery" called 'a welcome and most useful addition' and 'definitely worth the price' - back in a meticulously revised and updated new edition! Once again, it examines indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every neurosurgical procedure. A new co-editor, 31 new chapters, ...
Covering both the applications and the related theory, A Concise Guide to Intraoperative Monitoring provides a general but comprehensive introduction to IOM. Unlike existing texts that typically report the results of specific studies, this book presents comprehensive coverage of the entire procedure, as well as the specific protocols used in ...
Written by leading authorities from all over the world, this volume is a comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated text on the cavernous sinus. The book provides surgeons with the know how to plan and perform successful operative procedures in this region using today's microsurgical instrumentation and skull base surgical approaches. Coverage ...
With insight, humor, and poignancy, Dr. Frank Vertosick chronicles his remarkable evolution from naive young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. In candid detail, this book illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.
Known for its expert advice, state-of-the-art content, superb illustrations and clinical utility, this masterwork remains the definitive source for information on nervous system disturbances and their surgical management. Under the new editorial leadership of H. Richard Winn, MD, FACS, a brand-new team of renowned editors and contributors guide ...
With more than 80 complex spine surgery cases and its streamlined case example format, this is an ideal reference for practical discussion of patient presentation, radiologic findings, diagnosis, and treatment options for some of the most challenging spinal cases. The book will help the reader quickly master the thinking behind planning and the ...
Featuring more than 800 intraoperative photographs and diagnostic images as well as more than 500 finely detailed color surgical drawings, this Operative Atlas of Meningiomas provides site-specific, type-specific coverage of current approaches to surgical excision and resection. Major sections of the book cover meningiomas of the anterior cranial ...
Volume 45 of the Clinical Neurosurgery series represents the official compendium of the platform presentations at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in September, 1997. Also included in this volume is a Cumulative Index of Clinical Neurosurgery , Volumes 1-44
This text offers a synopsis of advances in spine surgery for orthopaedic residents and fellows. Information is presented in time-saving diagrams and tables.
To keep up with the explosion of techniques and instrumentation in the field, "Atlas of Cervical Spine Surgery" leads you step-by-step through numerous procedures building to the most sophisticated fusion procedures. Written with residents, neurosurgeons, and orthopaedic surgeons in mind, this title provides a wealth of clear, well-organised and ...
During the last decade a multitude of studies concerning the dynamic changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2), and intracranial pressure (ICP) in the acute phase after head injury have been published. These studies have been supplemented with studies of cerebral autoregulation, CO2 reactivity and barbiturate ...
"Neurosurgical Management of Pain" presents the full range of procedures for the management of chronic, intractable pain. Criteria for patient selection, the details of operative techniques, risks, complications, and expected outcomes are offered for a wide variety of anatomic, ablative, and augmentative neurosurgical procedures for the treatment ...
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