This update of a comprehensive textbook of neurological surgery adds 100 chapters covering recent advances in anatomy, physiology, and differential diagnosis and contains hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations, tables, images, and diagrams.
The detailed chapters are grouped into 18 sections that cover the history of neurosurgery, diagnostics, congenital, head injuries, spinal injuries, peripheral nerve, infections, vascular disorders, tumors of the spine and spinal cord, spinal disc disease and other spinal pathologies, pathology of intracranial tumors, cranial and intracranial tumors A and B, skull base surgery, stereotaxy, pain, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and miscellaneous topics such as anesthesia, positioning, operating room setup, instrumentation, and navigation.
