Fundamentals of Neurosurgery A Guide for Clinicians and Medical Students /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joaquim, Andrei Fernandes (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ghizoni, Enrico (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tedeschi, Helder (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ferreira, Mauro Augusto Tostes (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Neurology .; Internal medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Neurology.; Internal Medicine.

The aim of this book is to provide clinicians and medical students with basic knowledge of the most common neurosurgical disorders. There is a vast array of signs and symptoms that every clinician should recognize as neurosurgical affectations, allowing them to identify when to refer the patient to...

Table of Contents:

• Neuroanatomy Applied to Clinical Practice
• Basic Neurological Examination Intracranial Hypertension
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Spinal Trauma
• Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
• Neurosurgery for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Hydrocephalus - Basic Concepts and Initial Management
• Spinal Dysraphism
• Craniosynostosis
• Management of Low Back Pain
• Peripheral Nervous System - Neurosurgical Pearls
• Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease
• Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease
• Brain Tumors in Adults
• Brain Tumors in Children
• Brain Death
• Social and Economic Burden of Misdiagnosing in Medicine: A Current Overview
• The Frontiers of Neurosurgery.