Essential Neurosurgery provides a comprehensive introduction to neurosurgery for junior surgical trainees and medical students. The book concentrates on the principles of neurosurgical diagnosis and management of the more common central nervous system problems, including an understanding of neurology and the pathological basis of neurological disease. There is also coverage of neurosurgical techniques and postoperative patient management.

 

This new edition brings the text fully up to date and includes many of the biological and technological advances made in the field of neurosurgery that have improved surgical possibilities and patient outcomes.

Neurological assessment and examination

Neurosurgical investigations

Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus

Head injuries

Traumatic intracranial haematomas

Brain tumours

Benign brain tumours

Pituitary tumours

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Stroke / Stephen M. Davis

Developmental abnormalities

Infections of the central nervous system

Low back pain and leg pain

Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis

Spinal cord compression

Spinal injuries

Peripheral nerve entrapments, injuries and tumours

Facial pain and hemifacial spasm

Pain: neurosurgical management

Movement disorders: neurosurgical aspects

Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects / Christine Kilpatrick