Now in an updated ninth 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.

Review

Contents

Section 1: Anatomy and Physiology
Section 2: General and Neurology
Section 3: Imaging and Diagnostics
Section 4: Developmental Anomalies
Section 5: Coma and Brain Death
Section 6: Infection
Section 7: Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Section 8: Seizures
Section 9: Pain
Section 10: Peripheral Nerves
Section 11: Neurophthalmology and Neurotology
Section 12: Primary Tumors of the Nervous and Related Systems
Section 13: Tumors of Non-Neural Origin
Section 14: Head Trauma
Section 15: Spine Trauma
Section 16: Non-Traumatic Spine and Spinal Cord Conditions
Section 17: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Aneurysms
Section 18: Vascular Malformations
Section 19: Stroke and Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease
Section 20: Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Section 21: Outcome Assessment
Section 22: Differential Diagnosis