Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and AnswersRemi Nader, Abdulrahman J Sabbagh An ideal resource for board exam preparation, this review distills the essentials of neurosurgery in a user-friendly question and answer format. Divided into three main sections, this text presents a comprehensive collection of cases covering intracranial pathology, spinal and peripheral nerve pathology, and neurology. Each chapter opens by detailing the clinical presentation of a problem frequently encountered in everyday practice followed by a list of questions and answers designed to test the reader's knowledge of diagnostic techniques, imaging, surgical indications, treatment options, potential complications, and outcomes.Highlights: |
Contents
Foreword | |
Brain Tumors | |
Highgrade Glioma 51 | |
115 | |
Meningeal Carcinomatosis 65 | |
Orbital Tumor 79 | |
Case 34 | |
Vascular Neurosurgery | |
Case | 4 |
Spine | |
Eric P Roger and Edward Benzel | |
Joseph A Shehadi and Brian Seaman | |
Meningioma | |
Case 84 | |
Case 86 | |
Case 88 | |
Unruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm 107 | |
Case 35 | |
Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm | |
Case 38 | |
Ischemic Cerebral Disease | |
Case 42 | |
Cranial Trauma | |
Case 47 | |
Intensive Care Management | |
Case 50 | |
Case 52 | |
Case 82 | |
Case 55 | |
Pediatric Brain Tumors | |
Case 59 | |
Case 62 | |
Case 64 | |
Pediatric Neurovascular Disease | |
Pediatric Cranial Trauma | |
Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fistula 243 | |
Neural Tube Defect 249 | |
Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain 257 | |
Pain Disorders | |
Case | 1 |
Case 49 | |
Case 90 | |
Case 8 | |
Case 9 | |
Spinal Neoplasms | |
Case 95 | |
Spinal Vascular Pathology | |
Spinal Infections | |
Case 10 | |
Brachial Plexus Injury and Horner Syndrome 367 | |
Right Axillary Mass with Tinel Sign 375 | |
Case 12 | |
Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Disease | |
Foot Drop and Peroneal Nerve Injury 388 | |
Epilepsy | |
Vagal Nerve Stimulator 404 | |
Case 13 | |
20 | |
Index 417 | |
35 | |
354 | |
158 | |
166 | |
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