The Neurosurgeon's Handbook

THE NEUROSURGEON'S HANDBOOK

The Neurosurgeon's Handbook A compact, readable and highly-authoritative source of critical neurosurgical information, Neurosurgery has been produced with the participation of some of the world's leading neurosurgeons and neuroclinicians and is based on the curriculum of British, European and North American neurosurgical training programs. The book is extensively illustrated with hundreds of figures demonstrating the imaging features of all major neurosurgical pathologies, including diagrams explaining key anatomical and surgical concepts, and images showing the features of common brain tumours. There are key references at the end of each chapter and critical commentary of neurosurgical literature is also included. The handbook concisely covers all aspects of adult and paediatric neurosurgery. It is systematically and clearly broken down into easy-to-follow sections such as introductory basic concepts, definitions, epidemiology, pathology, clinical and neuroradiological characteristics, clinical management and decision making. Additional sections on operative treatment include the key critical surgical anatomy, and clear, step-by-step descriptions of common surgical techniques. Widely accepted practice guidelines, major classification schemes and common scales are clearly presented and explained.  

CONTENTS

Section 1 - The neurosurgical patient
1. The anatomical basis of the neurological examination
2. Clinical neurophysiology
3. Neurology for neurosurgeons
Section 2 - Neuroradiology
1. Plain x-rays
2. Ultrasound
3. Computed tomography
4. Magnetic resonance imaging
5. Functional imaging
Section 3 - Critical care and anaesthesia
1. Common medical problems in neurosurgery
2. Fluid and electrolyte problems in neurosurgery
3. Cardiovascular monitoring
4. The ventilated patient
5. Neurosurgical anaesthesia
Section 4 - Operating theatre and surgical approaches
1. Operating theatre and neurosurgical instruments
2. Advanced technologies in operating theatre
3. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
4. Patient positioning and common surgical approaches
Section 5 - Brain injuries
1. Introduction to brain injuries
2. Multimodality monitoring
3. Specific types of head injuries
Section 6 - Spinal injuries
1. Critical surgical spinal anatomy
2. Spinal cord anatomy
3. Spinal biomechanics for neurosurgeons
4. Orthoses and traction
5. Pathology, pharmacology and management of spinal injuries
6. Cervical spine injuries
7. Thoracolumbar and sacral injuries
8. Paediatric spinal injuries
Section 7 - Infections in neurosurgery
1. Introduction to neurosurgical infections
2. Meningitis and encephalitis
3. Abscess and empyema
4. Tuberculosis
5. Fungal infections
6. Parasitic infections
7. Atypical bacterial infections
8. Opportunistic infections
9. Spinal infections
Section 8 - Neuro-oncology
1. Introduction to neuro-oncology
2. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy
3. Astrocytic tumours
4. Oligodendrogliomas mixed gliomas
5. Ependymal tumours
6. Choroid plexus tumours
7. Other neuro-epithelial tumours
8. Neuronal and neuronal-glial tumours
9. Pineal parenchymal tumours
10. Sellar tumours
11. Embryonal tumour
12. Meningeal tumours
13. Haemopoietic system tumours
14. Germ cell tumours
15. Metastatic tumours
16. Peripheral neuroblastic tumours
17. Tumours of cranial and peripheral nerves
18. Familial tumour syndromes
19. Cysts and tumour-like lesions
Section 9 - Vascular neurosurgery of the brain
1. Critical neurovascular brain anatomy
2. Cerebral blood flow
3. Stroke basics
4. Intracerebral haemorrhage
5. Subarachnoid haemorrhage I diagnosis
6. Subarachnoid haemorrhage II management
7. Principles of coiling and clipping
8. Incidental aneurysms
9. Anterior circulation aneurysms surgical anatomy and techniques
10. Posterior circulation aneurysms surgical anatomy and techniques
11. Arteriovenous malformations
12. Cavernous malformations
13. Developmental venous anomalies and capillary teleangiectasias
14. Dural and cavernous arteriovenous fistulas
15. Extracranial vascular disease
16. Cranial revascularization procedures
Section 10 - Vascular neurosurgery of the spine
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Section 11 - The base of the skull
1. Introduction to skull base tumours
2. Anterior skull base
3. Middle skull base and cavernous sinus
4. Posterior skull base
Section 12 - Hydrocephalus and CSF diversion
1. Critical surgical anatomy of the ventricular system
2. Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics
3. Classification, diagnosis and management of hydrocephalus
Section 13 - Paediatric neurosurgery
1. Congenital abnormalities
2. Craniosynostosis
Section 14 - Epilepsy and the neurosurgeon
1. Introduction to epilepsy
2. Pre-operative assessment of the epileptic patient
3. Techniques in epilepsy surgery
Section 15 - Pain, spasticity and movement disorders
1. Neurosurgical management of pain
2. Neurosurgical management of spasticity
3. Movement disorders
Section 16 - Non-traumatic spinal disorders
1. Congenital spinal disease in adults
2. Spinal deformity
3. Syringomyelia
4. Inflammatory spinal disease
5. Cervical disc disease
6. Cervical spondylosis
7. Ossified posterior longitudinal ligament
8. Thoracic outlet syndrome
9. Thoracic disc disease
10. Low back pain
11. Lumbar disc disease
12. Lumbar canal stenosis
13. Cauda equina syndrome
14. Failed back syndrome
15. Cerebrospinal fluid leak
16. Spondylolisthesis
17. Extradural spinal tumours
18. Intradural-extramedullary spinal tumours
19. Intramedullary spinal tumours
Section 17 - Surgical disorders of the peripheral nervous system
1. Pathophysiology of nerve injuries
2. Nerve injuries of the upper extremity
3. Nerve injuries of the lower extremity
Section 18 - Ethics in modern neurosurgery
1. Medical ethics, consent and brain death

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Queen Square London UK