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PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSURGERY
Principles of Neurosurgery
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Second Edition

Edited By
Setti Rengachary, MD, FRCSC, Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Richard 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, WA, USA

Description
This new edition 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.

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

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 880 pages, publication date: OCT-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7234-3222-7
ISBN-10: 0-7234-3222-8
Imprint: MOSBY


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