Top Score for the Neurosurgery Board Examination

Part I: Anatomy and Physiology

1 Gross Anatomy, Cranial and Spine

2 Vascular Anatomy

3 Neurophysiology and Regional Brain Syndromes

Part II: 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

Part III: Imaging and Diagnostics

12 Plain Radiology and Contrast Agents

13 Imaging and Angiography

14 Electrodiagnostics

Part IV: Developmental Anomalies

15 Primary Intracranial Anomalies

16 Primary Spinal Developmental Anomalies

17 Primary Craniospinal Anomalies

Part V: Coma and Brain Death

18 Coma and Coma Scales

19 Brain Death and Organ Donation

Part VI: Infection

20 Bacterial Infections of the Parenchyma and Meninges and Complex Infections

21 Skull, Spine, and Post-Surgical Infections

22 Other Nonbacterial Infections

Part VII: Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

23 Cerebrospinal Fluid

24 Hydrocephalus – General Aspects

25 Treatment of Hydrocephalus

Part VIII: Seizures

26 Seizure Classification and Syndromes

27 Antiseizure Medication (ASM)

28 Special Seizure Considerations

Part IX: Pain

29 Pain

Part X: Peripheral Nerves

30 Peripheral Nerves

31 Entrapment Neuropathies

32 Non-Entrapment Peripheral Neuropathies

Part XI: Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neurotology

33 Neuro-Ophthalmology

34 Neurotology

Part XII: Tumors of the Nervous and Related Systems

35 Tumor Classification and General Information

36 Genetic Tumor Syndromes Involving CNS

37 Adult Diffuse Glioma

38 Pediatric Type Diffuse Tumors

39 Circumscribed Astrocytic Gliomas

40 Glioneuronal and Neuronal Tumors

41 Ependymal Tumors

42 Choroid Plexus Tumors

43 Embryonal Tumors

44 Pineal Tumors and Pineal Region Lesions

45 Cranial and Paraspinal Nerve Tumors

46 Meningiomas (Intracranial)

47 Mesenchymal, Nonmeningothelial Tumors

48 Melanocytic Tumors and CNS Germ Cell Tumors

49 Hematolymphoid Tumors Involving the CNS

50 Tumors of the Sellar Region

51 PitNET/Adenomas—Clinical Considerations

52 Pituitary Tumors Evaluation

53 PitNET/Adenomas—General Management

54 Pit/NETAdenomas—Surgical Management, Outcome, and Recurrence Management

Part XIII: Other Tumors and Tumor-Like Conditions

55 Metastases to the CNS

56 Other Tumors, Cysts, and Tumor-Like Lesions

57 Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (PTCS)

58 Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Skull

59 Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord

Part XIV: Head Trauma

60 Head Trauma: General Information, Grading, and Initial Management

61 Concussion, High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, Cerebrovascular Injuries

62 Neuromonitoring in Head Trauma

63 Skull Fractures

64 Traumatic Hemorrhagic Conditions

65 Gunshot Wounds and Nonmissile Penetrating Brain Injuries

66 Pediatric Head Injury

67 Head Injury: Long-Term Management, Complications, and Outcome

Part XV: Spine Trauma

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

69 Management of Spinal Cord Injury

70 Occipitoatlantoaxial Injuries

71 Subaxial (C3 through C7) Injuries/Fractures

72 Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral Spine Fracture

73 Penetrating Spine Injuries and Long-Term Complications of Spine Injuries

Part XVI: Nontraumatic Spine and Spinal Cord Conditions

74 Low-Back Pain

75 Lumbar Disk Herniation and Radiculopathy

76 Thoracic Disk Herniation

77 Cervical Disk Herniation

78 Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease and Cervical Myelopathy

79 Spine Measurements

80 Idiopathic Scoliosis

81 Lumbar and Thoracic Degenerative Disk Disease

82 Adult Spinal Deformity and Degenerative Scoliosis

83 Special Conditions Affecting the Spine

84 Special Conditions Affecting the Spinal Cord

Part XVII: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Aneurysms

85 Aneurysms—Introduction, Grading, and Special Conditions

86 Critical Care of Aneurysm Patients

87 SAH from Cerebral Aneurysm Rupture

88 Aneurysm Type by Location

89 Special Aneurysms and Nonaneurysmal SAH

Part XVIII: Vascular Malformations

90 Vascular Malformations

91 Angiographically Occult Vascular Malformations

Part XIX: Stroke and Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease

92 Stroke—General Information and Physiology

93 Evaluation and Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

94 Cerebral Arterial Dissections and Moyamoya Disease

95 Other Vascular Occlusive Conditions

96 Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Older Adults

97 ICH in Young Adults and Pediatrics

Part XX: Outcome Assessment

98 Outcome Assessment

Part XXI: Differential Diagnosis

99 Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding—Intracranial

100 Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding—Spine

101 Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms—Primarily Intracranial

102 Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms—Primarily Spine and Other

Part XXII: Procedures, Interventions, Operations

103 Intraoperative Dyes, OR Equipment, Surgical Hemostasis, and Bone Extenders

104 Craniotomies—General Information and Cortical Mapping

105 Posterior Fossa Craniotomies

106 Supratentorial Craniotomies

107 Approaches to the Lateral and Third Ventricles, Decompressive Craniectomies, and Cranioplasty

108 Spine—Cervical

109 Spine—Thoracic and Lumbar

110 Miscellaneous Surgical Procedures

111 Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotactic Neurosurgery

112 Neurovascular Compression Syndromes

113 Pain Procedures

114 Seizure Surgery

115 Radiation Therapy (XRT)

116 Endovascular Neurosurgery