Principles of Neurosurgery

Principles of Neurosurgery 2e provides a broad overview of neurosurgery to house officers in the clinical neurosciences. The chapters cover all core areas within neurosurgery and the coverage is comprehensive without being encyclopedic. Numerous colour illustrations including tables, algorithms, photographs and flow charts elucidate the text.

Included within the 50 chapters is coverage of pediatric neurosurgery, neurovascular surgery, pre and post operative care of the patient, neuroradiology, trauma, spine, oncology, pituitary adenomas, cranial base neurosurgery, image guided neurosurgery, treatment of pain, and epilepsy surgery.

Updated to include all the latest developments, Principles of Neurosurgery 2e is the most easily accessible neurosurgery book on the market today.

Reviews
"Fills a unique niche in the world of neurosurgery textbooks...An excellent introduction to most of the basic principles and problems of neurosurgery. To quote the editors, it is 'comprehensive without being encyclopedic.'"—NEJM

Key Features

Covers pre- and post- operative patient care
neuroradiology
pediatric neurosurgery
neurovascular surgery
trauma surgery
spine surgery
oncology
pituitary adenomas
cranial base neurosurgery
image-guided neurosurgery
treatment of pain
epilepsy surgery
and much more.
Delivers over 1,220 outstanding illustrations—610 in full color—including many superb clinical and operative photographs, surgical line drawings, and at-a-glance tables.
Describes all of the latest neuroimaging techniques.
Presents the newest developments in minimally invasive surgery.
Provides sweeping updates in its coverage of epilepsy surgery.
Delivers greatly expanded coverage of pediatric neurosurgery.
Offers a thoroughly revised artwork program, including more than 350 brand-new full-color surgical line drawings.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Landmarks in the History of Neurosurgery
Chapter 2 Approach to a Patient with Neurological Disorder
Chapter 3 Applications of Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology in Neurosurgical Disorders
Chapter 4 Intracranial Pressure
Chapter 5 Impaired Consciousness
Chapter 6 Perioperative Care of the Neurosurgical Patient
Chapter 7 Spinal Dysraphism
Chapter 8 Hydrocephalus in Children
Chapter 9 Hydrocephalus in Adults
Chapter 10 Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Chapter 11 Craniosynostosis
Chapter 12 Chiari Malformations
Chapter 13 Cerebrovascular Occlusive Disease
Chapter 14 Intracranial Aneurysms
Chapter 15 Vascular Malformation Affecting the Nervous System
Chapter 16 Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Chapter 17 Interventional Neuroradiology
Chapter 18 The Multiply Injured Patient
Chapter 19 Closed Head Injury
Chapter 20 Gunshot Wounds of the Head
Chapter 21 Skull and Facial Fractures
Chapter 22 Traumatic Intracranial Hematomas
Chapter 23 Injuries to the Cervical Spine
Chapter 24 Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
Chapter 25 Acute Nerve Injuries
Chapter 26 Entrapment Neuropathies
Chapter 27 Management of Pain
Chapter 28 Brain and Spinal Abscess
Chapter 29 Neuro-oncology: An Overview
Chapter 30 Gliomas
Chapter 31 Metastatic Brain Tumors
Chapter 32 Meningiomas
Chapter 33 Tumors of the Pineal Region
Chapter 34 Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors
Chapter 35 Posterior Fossa Tumors
Chapter 36 Assessment of Pituitary Function
Chapter 37 Non-functions Pituitary Adenomas
Chapter 38 Functioning Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 39 Craniopharyngiomas
Chapter 40 Tumors & Cysts of the Third Ventricle
Chapter 41 Metastatic Tumors of the Spine
Chapter 42 Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
Chapter 43 Intramedullary Tumors and Tumors of the Cauda Equina
Chapter 44 Tumors of the Cranial Base
Chapter 45 Radiation Therapy for Cerebral Nervous System Tumors
Chapter 46 Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Chapter 47 Chemotherapy of Central Nervous System Tumors
Chapter 48 Cervical Disc Disease and Spondylosis
Chapter 49 Lumbar Disc Disease
Chapter 50 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Chapter 51 Trigeminal Neuralgia
Chapter 52 Sterotactic Surgery
Chapter 53 Medical and Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy



Author Information
By Setti S. Rengachary, MD, FRCSC, Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine; Theodore S. Roberts Endowed Chair in Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA