Andrew H. Kaye

Essential Neurosurgery (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Review quotations from the previous edition 'flowing and well highlighted text keeps the reader interested in the subject' British Journal of Neurosurgery 'an excellent text...well organised and clearly set out' Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405148177
• Artikelnr.: 38281366

Autorenporträt

Professor Andrew H. Kaye, MBBS MD FRACS James Stewart Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia Director of Neurosurgery and Director, The Melbourne Neuroscience Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, which is the official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia and the Australian Association of Neurologists.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Third Edition
vii Preface to the First Edition
ix 1 Neurological assessment and examination
1 2 Neurosurgical investigations
14 3 Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus
27 4 Head injuries
40 5 Traumatic intracranial haematomas
56 6 Brain tumours
64 7 Benign brain tumours
93 8 Pituitary tumours
109 9 Subarachnoid haemorrhage
125 10 Stroke
140 Stephen M. Davis MD
FRACP 11 Developmental abnormalities
158 12 Infections of the central nervous system
170 13 Low back pain and leg pain
185 14 Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis
197 15 Spinal cord compression
206 16 Spinal injuries
225 17 Peripheral nerve entrapments
injuries and tumours
234 18 Facial pain and hemifacial spasm
248 19 Pain -neurosurgical management
254 20 Movement disorders -neurosurgical aspects
263 21 Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects
269 Christine Kilpatrick MD
FRACP Index
281