Essential Neurosurgery (eBook)

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.

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

"What it lacks in colour, it more than makes up with some fantastic
diagrams, pictures and scans showing the important pathology of a
number of core problems. It guides the reader from clinical
presentation all the way through to postoperative care. Definitely
worth a look."



- Black Bag. Bristol Medical School Magazine. Winter
2005

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

"What it lacks in colour, it more than makes up with some fantastic
diagrams, pictures and scans showing the important pathology of a
number of core problems. It guides the reader from clinical
presentation all the way through to postoperative care. Definitely
worth a look."

- Black Bag. Bristol Medical School Magazine. Winter
2005

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