Main description:

The quintessential neurosurgical handbook for day-to-day practice!

Now in an updated 9th edition, Handbook of Neurosurgery by Mark Greenberg is synonymous with the most classic neurosurgical handbook published to-date. It has enjoyed legendary status as the go-to manual for legions of neurosurgeons for more than a quarter century. The comprehensive and conveniently compact book brings together a wide range of clinical practice guidelines from disparate sources into an amazing one-stop resource.

Renowned for its depth and breadth, the updated text with nearly 1,800 pages encompasses the entire spectrum of neurosurgery including anatomy, physiology, differential diagnosis, and current principles of nonsurgical and surgical management. The text covers a huge scope of inherited, developmental, and acquired neurological disorders impacting pediatric to geriatric patients. The easy-to-navigate print and electronic formats provide an intuitive foundation for studying the field of neurosurgery.

Key Features:

Boxed summaries, key concepts, tables, practice guidelines, signs/symptoms, and "booking the case" highlight and clarify salient points
Thousands of well-organized cross references, index entries, and literature citations provide additional study sources
Significant revisions to the tumor section reflect a wealth of up-to-date information including treatments, guidelines, sources, and more
The addition of new figures enhances understanding of diseases

As with prior editions, this must-have daily reference book does a magnificent job making essential neurosurgical information, current trends, breakthrough research, and reviews readily accessible to all neurosurgeons and allied health practitioners.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

Anatomy and Physiology

1 Gross Anatomy, Cranial and Spine

2 Vascular Anatomy

3 Neurophysiology and Regional Brain Syndromes

General and Neurology

4 Neuroanesthesia

5 Sodium Homeostasis and Osmolality

6 General Neurocritical Care

7 Sedatives, Paralytics, Analgesics

8 Endocrinology

9 Hematology

10 Neurology for Neurosurgeons

11 Neurovascular Disorders and Neurotoxicology

Imaging and Diagnostics

12 Plain Radiology and Contrast Agents

13 Imaging and Angiography

14 Electrodiagnostics

Developmental Anomalies

15 Primary Intracranial Anomalies

16 Primary Spinal Anomalies

17 Primary Craniospinal Anomalies

Coma and Brain Death

18 Coma

19 Brain Death and Organ Donation

Infection

20 Bacterial Infections of the Parenchyma and Meninges and Complex Infections

21 Skull, Spine, and Post-Surgical Infections

22 Other Nonbacterial Infections

Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

23 Cerebrospinal Fluid

24 Hydrocephalus - General Aspects

25 Treatment of Hydrocephalus

Seizures

26 Seizure Classification and Anti-Convulsant Pharmacology

27 Special Types of Seizures

Pain

28 Pain

Peripheral Nerves

29 Peripheral Nerves

30 Entrapment Neuropathies

31 Non-Entrapment Peripheral Neuropathies

Neurophthalmology and Neurotology

32 Neurophthalmology

33 Neurotology

Primary Tumors of the Nervous and Related Systems

34 Primary Tumors - Classification and Tumor Markers

35 Syndromes Involving Tumors

36 Diffuse Astrocytic & Oligodendroglial Tumors

37 Other Astrocytic Tumors

38 Ependymal, Choroid Plexus, & Neuronal Tumors and Other Gliomas

39 Pineal Region and Embryonal Tumors

40 Tumors of Cranial, Spinal, and Peripheral Nerves

41 Meningeal, Mesenchymal and Melanocytic Tumors

42 Lymphomas, Histiocytic Tumors, Germ Cell Tumors & Tumors of the Sellar Region

Tumors of Non-Neural Origin

43 Pituitary Tumors - General Information and Classification

44 Pituitary Adenomas - Evaluation and Nonsurgical Management

45 Pituitary Adenomas - Surgical Management, Outcome, and Recurrence Management

46 Esthesioneuroblastoma, Cysts & Tumor-Like Lesions

47 Pseudotumor Cerebri and Empty Sella Syndrome

48 Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Skull

49 Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord

50 Metastatic and Hematopoietic Tumors

Head Trauma

51 Head Trauma - General Information, Grading, Initial Management

52 Concussion, High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, Cerebrovascular Injuries

53 Neuromonitoring in Head Trauma

54 Skull Fractures

55 Traumatic Hemorrhagic Conditions

56 Gunshot Wounds and Non-Missile Penetrating Brain Injuries

57 Pediatric Head Injury

58 Head Injury - Long-Term Management, Complications, Outcome

Spine Trauma

59 Spine Injuries - General Information, Neurologic Assessment, Whiplash and Sports-Related Injuries, Pediatric Spine Injuries

60 Management of Spinal Cord Injury

61 Occipitoatlantoaxial Injuries (Occiput to C2)

62 Subaxial (C3 through C7) Injuries / Fractures

63 Thoracic, Lumbar and Sacral Spine Fractures

64 Penetrating Spine Injuries and Long Term Considerations of Spine Injuries

Non-Traumatic Spine and Spinal Cord Conditions

65 Low Back Pain and Radiculopathy

66 Lumbar and Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Herniation / Radiculopathy

67 Cervical Disc Herniation

68 Degenerative Cervical Disc Disease and Cervical Myelopathy

69 Thoracic and Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

70 Adult Spinal Deformity and Degenerative Scoliosis

71 Special Conditions Affecting the Spine

72 Other Non-Spine Conditions with Spine Implications

73 Special Conditions Affecting the Spinal Cord

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Aneurysms

74 Aneurysms - Introduction, Grading, Special Conditions

75 Critical Care of Aneurysm Patients

76 SAH from Cerebral Aneurysm Rupture

77 Aneurysm Type by Location

78 Special Aneurysms and Non-Aneurysmal SAH

Vascular Malformations

79 Vascular Malformations

Stroke and Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease

80 Stroke - General Information and Physiology

81 Evaluation and Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

82 Special Conditions

83 Cerebral Arterial Dissections

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

84 Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Outcome Assessment

85 Outcome Assessment

Differential Diagnosis

86 Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding - Intracranial

87 Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding - Spine

88 Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms - Primarily Intracranial

89 Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms - Primarily Spine and Other

Procedures, Interventions, Operations

90 Intraoperative Dyes, OR Equipment, Surgical Hemostasis & Bone Extenders

91 Craniotomies - General Information & Cortical Mapping

92 Posterior Fossa Craniotomies

93 Supratentorial Craniotomies

94 Approaches to the Lateral and Third Ventricles, Decompressive Craniectomies & Cranioplasty

95 Spine, Cervical

96 Spine, Thoracic and Lumbar

97 Miscellaneous Surgical Procedures

98 Functional Neurosurgery & Stereotactic Neurosurgery

99 Pain Procedures

100 Seizure Surgery

101 Radiation Therapy (XRT)

102 Endovascular Neurosurgery

Appendix

103 Quick Reference Tables and Figures