Neurosurgical Essentials  

By Rahul Jandial, M.D. with Henry E. Aryan, M.D., Peter Nakaji, M.D. Neurological surgery is a rapidly evolving field, presenting neurosurgeons with important and complex challenges. This comprehensive yet concise pocket handbook presents the differential diagnosis, evaluation, operative risks, and treatment for a wide range of neurological conditions. It will serve as a guide for a host of audiences, as a quick reference for neurologists, psychiatrists, and general surgeons, and as an introduction providing the fundamentals of diagnosis and treatment of neurosurgical patients for medical students, surgical interns, house staff, and nurses. Fully illustrated with MRIs, CT scans, and labeled anatomical drawings, this invaluable handbook also provides questions and answers and surgical pearls in each chapter. Neurosurgical Essentials promotes understanding and encourages further exploration toward additional neurosurgical advances. Don't miss out on this excellent resource! Contents: Acoustic Neuroma Aneurysm Arteriovenous Malformation Carotid Artery Disease Cerebral Abscess Cervical Disc Herniation and Cervical Spinal Stenosis Cervical Spine Fracture Closed Head Injury Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery Head Injury Operation Hydrocephalus and Shunt Malfunction Intracerebral Hemorrhage Lumbar Herniated Disc and Lumbar Stenosis Meningioma Metastatic Tumors Peripheral Nerve Injury Pituitary Tumors Posterior Fossa Tumors Primary Brain Tumors Radiology Spinal Cord Injury Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Trigeminal Neuralgia Differential Diagnosis by Location About the Authors: Rahul Jandial, M.D., Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, University of California-San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California With Henry E. Aryan, M.D., Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, University of California-San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California Peter Nakaji, M.D., Cerebrovascular Surgery Fellow, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona 2004. Paperback, 300 pages, 150 illustrations