Neurosurgery Fundamentals

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The quintessential guide providing a one-stop roadmap to a neurosurgical career!

Neurological surgery is a complex, highly selective specialty. For medical students and residents, navigating a huge array of neurosurgical information can be overwhelming. Neurosurgery Fundamentals by Nitin Agarwal is a portable reference enabling swift assimilation of neurosurgical care essentials. The book starts with a roadmap to a career in neurosurgery. It concludes with Advice from the Masters, featuring invaluable resources and insights from prominent neurosurgeons.

Comprehensive technical overviews are provided on the neurological exam, neuroanatomy, neuroradiology, neurocritical care, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, degenerative and deformity spine, neurovascular surgery, neurosurgical oncology, pediatric neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, neurological infectious diseases, and interdisciplinary care. Socioeconomic topics include training, licensure, credentialing, and advocacy.

Key Features

• Fundamental diseases, tests, and operative approaches are summarized.
• Top Hits feature the most salient questions, aiding in retention of knowledge.
• High-yield resources are highlighted to augment reader identification.
• Neurosurgical Pearls offer advice from the masters relevant to each chapter.
• High-quality illustrations, photographs, and radiographs enrich understanding.

·         ·  1 Roadmap to a Career in Neurosurgery

·         ·  1.1 Introduction

·         ·  1.2 Applications

·         ·  1.3 Profiles

·         ·  2 History of Neurological Surgery

·         ·  2.1 Introduction

·         ·  2.2 The Pre-Cushing Era

·         ·  2.3 The Cushing Era

·         ·  2.4 Spinal Neurosurgery

·         ·  2.5 Instrumentation

·         ·  3 Neurological Examination

·         ·  3.1 Introduction

·         ·  3.2 Mental Status

·         ·  3.3 Cranial Nerves

·         ·  3.4 Motor Examination

·         ·  3.5 Reflex Examination

·         ·  3.6 Sensory Examination

·         ·  3.7 Gait and Coordination

·         ·  3.8 Special Tests

·         ·  3.9 Top Hits

·         ·  4 Neuroanatomy

·         ·  4.1 Introduction

·         ·  4.2 Bones of the Skull

·         ·  4.3 Cerebrum

·         ·  4.4 Brainstem

·         ·  4.5 Cisterns

·         ·  4.6 Spinal Cord

·         ·  4.7 Vertebral Column

·         ·  4.8 Vascular Anatomy

·         ·  4.9 Top Hits

·         ·  5 Neuroradiology for the Neurosurgeon

·         ·  5.1 Introduction

·         ·  5.2 Computed Tomography

·         ·  5.3 Magnetic Resonance

·         ·  5.4 Clinical Scenarios

·         ·  5.5 Top Hits

·         ·  6 Operating Room

·         ·  6.1 Introduction

·         ·  6.2 Operating Room

·         ·  6.3 Cranial Positioning

·         ·  6.4 Spinal Positioning

·         ·  6.5 Positioning-Related Complications

·         ·  6.6 Cerebral Relaxation

·         ·  6.7 Bedside Procedures

·         ·  6.8 Cranial Approaches

·         ·  6.9 Spinal Approaches

·         ·  6.10 Pediatric

·         ·  6.11 Functional

·         ·  6.12 Top Hits

·         ·  7 Neurocritical Care

·         ·  7.1 Introduction

·         ·  7.2 Respiratory Physiology

·         ·  7.3 Shock

·         ·  7.4 Fluid and Electrolytes

·         ·  7.5 Cerebral Metabolism and Perfusion

·         ·  7.6 Hematology and Coagulation

·         ·  7.7 Top Hits

·         ·  8 Traumatic Brain Injury

·         ·  8.1 Introduction

·         ·  8.2 Classification of Head Injury

·         ·  8.3 Monitoring

·         ·  8.4 ICP Treatment

·         ·  8.5 Anticoagulation

·         ·  8.6 Penetrating Trauma

·         ·  8.7 Top Hits

·         ·  9 Spinal Trauma

·         ·  9.1 Introduction

·         ·  9.2 Examination

·         ·  9.3 Imaging

·         ·  9.4 Shock

·         ·  9.5 Steroids

·         ·  9.6 Immobilization

·         ·  9.7 Spinal Cord Syndromes

·         ·  9.8 Spinal Column Model

·         ·  9.9 Cervical Spine

·         ·  9.10 Cervical Injuries

·         ·  9.11 C1 Fractures

·         ·  9.12 Additional Principles for Cervical Trauma

·         ·  9.13 Thoracic Injuries

·         ·  9.14 Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine Injuries

·         ·  9.15 Sacral Fractures

·         ·  9.16 Top Hits

·         ·  10 Spine

·         ·  10.1 Introduction

·         ·  10.2 Cervical Spine Degenerative Disease

·         ·  10.3 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

·         ·  10.4 Thoracic Spine Degenerative Disease

·         ·  10.5 Lumbar Back Pain

·         ·  10.6 Spinal Neoplasms

·         ·  10.7 Spinal Vascular Disorders

·         ·  10.8 Spinal Deformity

·         ·  10.9 Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathies

·         ·  10.10 Spinal Infections

·         ·  10.11 Cauda Equina Syndrome

·         ·  10.12 Other Spinal Syndromes

·         ·  10.13 Top Hits

·         ·  11 Pain

·         ·  11.1 Pathway Anatomy

·         ·  11.2 Major Types of Pain

·         ·  11.3 Craniofacial Pain Syndromes

·         ·  11.4 Procedures for Pain

·         ·  11.5 Top Hits

·         ·  12 Cerebrovascular

·         ·  12.1 Stroke

·         ·  12.2 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

·         ·  12.3 Aneurysms

·         ·  12.4 Vascular Malformations

·         ·  12.5 Top Hits

·         ·  13 Neurosurgical Oncology

·         ·  13.1 Lymphomas and Hematopoietic Tumors

·         ·  13.2 Mesenchymal Tumors

·         ·  13.3 Neuroepithelial Brain Tumors

·         ·  13.4 Ependymoma and Subependymoma

·         ·  13.5 Pineal Region Tumors

·         ·  13.6 Embryonal/PNETs

·         ·  13.7 Tumors of Cranial and Paraspinal Nerves

·         ·  13.8 Sellar Tumors

·         ·  13.9 Cysts and Tumor-Like Lesions

·         ·  13.10 Top Hits

·         ·  14 Pediatric Neurosurgery

·         ·  14.1 Examination

·         ·  14.2 Developmental Anomalies

·         ·  14.3 Pediatric Tumors

·         ·  14.4 Pediatric Trauma

·         ·  14.5 Top Hits

·         ·  15 Movement Disorders and Epilepsy

·         ·  15.1 Movement Disorders

·         ·  15.2 Epilepsy

·         ·  15.3 Top Hits

·         ·  16 Stereotactic Radiosurgery

·         ·  16.1 Introduction

·         ·  16.2 Radiation Background

·         ·  16.3 Types of Radiation

·         ·  16.4 Main SRS Modalities

·         ·  16.5 Dosing

·         ·  16.6 Occupational Exposure

·         ·  16.7 Adverse Reactions

·         ·  16.8 Indications

·         ·  16.9 Treatment Procedure

·         ·  16.10 Clinical Outcomes

·         ·  16.11 Radiation-Induced Changes

·         ·  16.12 Vasculopathy

·         ·  16.13 Cranial Nerve Deficits

·         ·  16.14 Radiation-Induced Tumors

·         ·  16.15 Future Directions

·         ·  16.16 Top Hits

·         ·  17 Neurological Infectious Diseases

·         ·  17.1 Introduction

·         ·  17.2 Microbiological Diagnosis

·         ·  17.3 Flavivirus-Mediated Neurological Disease

·         ·  17.4 Meningococcal Disease

·         ·  17.5 Neurocysticercosis

·         ·  17.6 Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

·         ·  17.7 Postsurgical Infections

·         ·  17.8 Additional Neurological Infections

·         ·  17.9 Empiric Treatment

·         ·  17.10 Big Data

·         ·  17.11 Top Hits

·         ·  18 Interdisciplinary Care

·         ·  18.1 Neurology

·         ·  18.2 Neuroanesthesia

·         ·  18.3 Neuro-Ophthalmology

·         ·  18.4 Neurotology

·         ·  18.5 Top Hits

·         ·  19 Socioeconomics in Neurosurgery

·         ·  19.1 Training

·         ·  19.2 Patient Care

·         ·  19.3 Medical Economics

·         ·  19.4 Personal Finance

·         ·  19.5 Job Satisfaction

·         ·  20 Advice from the Masters

·         ·  20.1 Introduction

·         ·  20.2 Additional Reading

·         ·  20.3 Conferences

·         ·  20.4 Grants and Awards

·         ·  20.5 Journals

·         ·  20.6 Leadership

·         ·  20.7 Board Review

·         ·  20.8 The Masters