The Neurosurgeon's Handbook

George Samandouras

960 pages | 169 black and white line drawings, 33 black and white halftones, 188 tables, and a colour plate section | 180x100mm

978-0-19-857067-7 | Paperback | 28 January 2010

Price: £69.99

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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 Neurosurgeon's 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.

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

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

Contributors:
Ali Aziz-Sultan, Assistant Professor, Director of Neuroendovascular Service, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Florida, USA
Praveen Baimeedi, Chief Resident Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Edward C. Benzel, Chairman, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Mitchel S. Berger, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sebastian Brandner, Chair of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
Nicholas Butowski, Assistant Professor, Director of Neurooncology, Clinical Services, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mauricio Castillo, Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Jean Charchaflieh, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Director of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
James E. Cottrell, Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Downstate Medical Center, Distinguished Service Professor, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Daniel Couture, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Opeyemi O. Daramola, Medical Student, University of Minnesota, USA
Stephen J. Haines, Lyle A. French Chair, Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Professor of Pediatrics and
Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, USA
Rukaya K.A. Hamid, Attending Pediatric and Adult Anesthesiologist, Director of Pediatric Residency Training, Department of Pediatric and Adult Anesthesiology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverley Hills, California, USA
Richardo A. Hanel, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Adel Helmy, Research Registrar, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Benjamin Huang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
Peter Hutchinson, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Kelly J. Ishizuka, Resident Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Paul Keetae Kim, Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Neil Kitchen, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Head Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK
Eric Klineberg, Assistant Professor, Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Senaa Jalou, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Christopher Janson, Resident Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Parameth Ladpli, Visiting Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA
William F. Lavelle, Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Raymond Liu, Neurooncology Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Shearwood McClelland, III, Resident Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Vincent J. Miele, Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
A. Alex Mohit, Department of Neurosurgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
H. Dennis Mollman, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA
William H. Montgomery, Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Leenhapong Navaravong, Resident Physician, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA
Philippa Newfield, Attending Anesthesiologist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesia and Neurosurgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
Ron I. Reisenberg, Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Center for Spine Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Robert F. Spetzler, Director, Barrow Neurological Institute, Chairman, Division of Neurological Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Helen Stutz, Critical Care Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn NY, USA
Kene T. Ugokwe, Resident in Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
Kyle Uittenbogaard, Resident Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, USA

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