Category: Neurology/Neurosurgery

Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques 7th Edition

Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques 7th Edition

Schmidek and Sweet has been an indispensable reference for neurosurgery training and practice for nearly 50 years, and the 7th Edition of Operative Neurosurgical Techniques continues this tradition of excellence. A new editorial board led by editor-in-chief Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, along with more than 330 internationally acclaimed contributors, ensures that readers stay fully up to date with rapid changes in the field. New chapters, surgical videos, and quick-reference features throughout make this edition a must-have resource for expert procedural guidance for today’s practitioners.

  • Discusses indications, operative techniques, complications, and results for nearly every routine and specialized procedure for brain, spinal, and peripheral nerve problems in adult patients.
  • Covers the latest techniques and knowledge in deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, movement disorders, dystonia, and psychiatric disorders; surgical management of blast injuries; invasive electrophysiology in functional neurosurgery; and interventional management of cerebral aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations.
  • Includes new chapters on bypass techniques in vascular disease, previously coiled aneurysms, CSF diversion procedures, surgical management of posterior fossa cystic and membranous obstruction, laser-ablation techniques, and brain stem tumors.
  • Explores hot topics such as wide-awake surgery and ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculoatrial and ventriculo-pleural shunts.
  • Provides detailed visual guidance with more than 1,600 full-color illustrations and 50 procedural videos.
  • Contains quick-reference boxes with surgical pearls and complications.
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Spine Secrets 3rd Edition

Spine Secrets 3rd Edition

 

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Spine Secrets Plus, 3rd Edition, by Dr. Vincent J. Devlin, features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.

Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.

Expanded PLUS format includes extended coverage, a larger format, colorful visual elements, and larger, detailed images and illustrations to provide an overall enhanced learning experience.

Remain at the forefront of the nuances of spine surgery and related specialties with updates on new techniques and technologies, as well as changing treatment options and drug information.

Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.

Zero in on key information with bulleted lists, mnemonics, and practical tips from prominent specialists – all providing a concise overview of important, board-relevant content.

Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.

Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders 4th Edition

Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders 4th Edition

Successfully correlate electrodiagnostic findings and neuromuscular ultrasound with key clinical findings with Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders, 4th Edition. This popular text is the go-to resource for clinicians at all levels of experience who have an interest in neuromuscular medicine, including those studying for the AANEM board exam. An easy-to-read writing style, abundant case studies, and learning features online help you master the electrodiagnostic evaluation and improve safety and accuracy.

Helps you diagnose neuromuscular disorders more quickly and accurately, and correlate electromyographic and clinical findings.

Explains complex subject matter in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly manner.

Includes dozens of detailed, cross-sectional anatomy drawings to ensure correct EMG needle placement and avoid neurovascular injuries.

Features new chapters on Neuromuscular Ultrasound, as well as incorporating neuromuscular ultrasound in the evaluation of clinical neuromuscular disorders along with electrodiagnostic studies in many of the clinical chapters.

Provides up-to-date information on iatrogenic complications of electrodiagnostic studies and newly defined genetic neuromuscular conditions.

Includes online access to more than 70 videos that allow you to see and hear the EMG waveforms discussed in the text, as well as a convenient “Test Your Knowledge” module.

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Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation 7th Edition

Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation 7th Edition

Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation 7th Edition

Develop problem-solving strategies for individualized, effective neurologic care! Under the new leadership of Rolando Lazaro, Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation, 7th Edition, covers the therapeutic management of people with activity limitations, participation restrictions, and quality of life issues following a neurological event. This comprehensive reference reviews basic theory and addresses the best evidence for evaluation tools and interventions commonly used in today’s clinical practice. It applies a time-tested, evidence-based approach to neurological rehabilitation that is perfect for both the classroom and the clinic. Now fully searchable with additional case studies through Student Consult, this edition includes updated chapters and the latest advances in neuroscience.

  • Comprehensive reference offers a thorough understanding of all aspects of neurological rehabilitation.
  • Expert authorship and editors lend their experience and guidance for on-the-job success.
  • UNIQUE! A section on neurological problems accompanying specific system problems includes hot topics such as poor vision, vestibular dysfunction, dementia and problems with cognition, and aging with a disability.
  • A problem-solving approach helps you apply your knowledge to examinations, evaluations, prognoses, and intervention strategies.
  • Evidence-based research sets up best practices, covering topics such as the theory of neurologic rehabilitation, screening and diagnostic tests, treatments and interventions, and the patient’s psychosocial concerns.
  • Case studies use real-world examples to promote problem-solving skills.
  • Comprehensive coverage of neurological rehabilitation across the lifespan ― from pediatrics to geriatrics.
  • Terminology adheres to the best practices, follows The Guide to Physical Therapy Practice and the WHO-ICF World Health model.

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Neuroanatomy Text and Atlas 5th Edition

Neuroanatomy Text and Atlas 5th Edition

Neuroanatomy: Text and Atlas also teaches readers how to interpret the new wealth of human brain images by developing an understanding of the anatomical localization of brain function. The authoritative core content of myelin-stained histological sections is enhanced by informative line illustrations, angiography, and brain views produced by MRI, and other imaging technologies.

Revised and updated to reflect advances in clinical neuroanatomy and neural science
• Full-color illustrations enrich the text, including many new to this edition
• Chapters begin with a clinical case to illustrate the connections and functions of the key material
• Chapters end with a series of multiple-choice review questions
• NEW Online learning center will display brain views produced by MRI and PET
• Increases knowledge of the regional and functional organization of the spinal cord and brain, one system at a time
• Provides thorough coverage of the sensory, motor, and integrative systems of the brain, together with cerebral vasculature
• Promotes understanding of the complex details of neuroanatomy needed for accurate interpretation of radiological image
• Comprehensive atlas provides key views of the surface anatomy of the central nervous systems and photographs of myelin-stained sections in three anatomical planes
• Includes learning aids such as clinical topics, boxes, chapter summaries, and a Glossary of key terms and structures

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Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition

Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition

Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition

For more than 40 years, Principles of Neural Science has helped readers understand the link between the human brain and behavior. As the renowned text has shown, all behavior is an expression of neural activity and the future of both clinical neurology and psychiatry is dependent on the progress of neural science. Fully updated, this sixth edition of the landmark reference reflects the latest research, clinical perspectives, and advances in the field. It offers an unparalleled perspective on the the current state and future of neural science.
This new edition features:

  • Unmatched coverage of how the nerves, brain, and mind function
  • NEW chapters on:
    – The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits that Mediate Behavior
    – Brain-Machine Interfaces
    – Decision-Making and Consciousness
  • NEW section on the neuroscientific principles underlying the disorders of the nervous system
  • Expanded coverage of the different forms of human memory
  • Highly detailed chapters on stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis
  • 2,200 images, including 300 new color illustrations, diagrams, radiology studies, and PET scans

Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition benefits from a cohesive organization, beginning with an insightful overview of the interrelationships between the brain, nervous system, genes, and behavior.

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Neurocritical Care 2nd Edition

Neurocritical Care 2nd Edition

A significant number of critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients are still managed in the medical or surgical ICU by non-neurointensivists, who have a hard time appreciating the delicate needs of these patients. This dynamic guide reviews current topics facing neurocritical care providers in a straight-forward, structured, and practical way. Providing clear summaries in the management of neuro critical care conditions, this text allows for accessible, highly structured, and focused protocols for the assessment, day-to-day management, and treatment of critically ill patients in various ICU settings.

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This comprehensive, thorough guide to the management and treatment of neurologic and neurosurgical patients is an excellent companion for trainees preparing for the Neurovascular Boards, Neurologists, Neurosurgeons and critical care physicians, alike. Designed by leaders in their field, this thorough guide presents practical, state-of-the-art suggestions for physicians worldwide.

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Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System (October 2000 release)

This new edition of the highly successful short guide to the examination of the peripheral nervous system has been brought up to dateand includes new illustrations, to ensure it retains its place as the standard short text on the subject.

  • New edition of a standard text with a high reputation

Systemic guide to examinations illustrated with clear photographs and explanatory line diagrams

  • Make a complex subject easily understandable
  • Colour photographs throughout

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Neurocritical Care 2nd Edition (2019 Release)

A comprehensive, practical guide, providing critical solutions in the management of critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients.

‘This second edition of Neurocritical Care by editor Michel T. Torbey offers relevant, up-to-date discussions of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring tools for neurologic and neurosurgical conditions commonly encountered in the Neurocritical Care unit.’ Brooke E. Trainer and Nadia Lunardi, Anesthesia & Analgesia

A significant number of critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients are still managed in the medical or surgical ICU by non-neurointensivists, who have a hard time appreciating the delicate needs of these patients. This dynamic guide reviews current topics facing neurocritical care providers in a straight-forward, structured, and practical way. Providing clear summaries in the management of neuro critical care conditions, this text allows for accessible, highly structured, and focused protocols for the assessment, day-to-day management, and treatment of critically ill patients in various ICU settings. This comprehensive, thorough guide to the management and treatment of neurologic and neurosurgical patients is an excellent companion for trainees preparing for the Neurovascular Boards, Neurologists, Neurosurgeons and critical care physicians, alike. Designed by leaders in their field, this thorough guide presents practical, state-of-the-art suggestions for physicians worldwide

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Johnson’s Practical Electromyography 4th Edition

Now in its Fourth Edition, this text gives physiatry and neurology residents a comprehensive, practical introduction to electromyography. Section I reviews the anatomy and physiology of nerve problems in relation to the planning and performance of electrodiagnostic procedures. Section II provides technical information on electrophysiology, instrumentation, and specific techniques, with digital photographs showing important surface anatomy. Section III guides physicians through various clinical EMG problems, beginning with the patient’s symptoms and proceeding through electrodiagnostic evaluation and diagnosis. This edition includes over 500 new illustrations.

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