Product Description

This four-volume set is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of neurosurgical problems, signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, prognoses, and cutting-edge operative techniques, as well as anatomy and physiology. This 5th Edition is reorganized to follow a more logical and modern approach. "There is no doubt that Neurological Surgery is the grand dame of the major neurosurgical textbooks...and is recommended without hesitation."--JAMA, review of previous edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1388712 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 5632 pages

Review
"A publishing tour de force...An indispensable, encyclopedic source for nearly everything neurosurgical...The only place necessary for a neurosurgeon desiring information on a particular topic." - The Spine Journal

About the Author
H. Richard Winn, MD, Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Customer Reviews

The best General Neurosurgery work in all respects
This multi-volume work combines the best detailed commentary, survey and education on Neurosurgery that I have found. By the very nature of the subject it must and does include much of Neurology and Neuroanatomy. It has an extraordinary breadth and scope. It is certainly the best starting point for Neurosurgery information/answers and in some respects you may need to look no further. While this series does discuss in substantial detail Neuroimaging I would suggest combining it with the Orrison Two Volume Neuroimaging set. Together they provide a tremendous wealth of information to aid in diagnosis, testing, and treatment. These publications "Youmans" and the "Orrison" books are so well known in the field that this "review" is only useful for those who might be unfamiliar with NeuroSurgery and NeuroImaging. Their authority is unquestioned and accepted by all practitioners. The education these books provide in both fundamental concepts and advanced procedures and interpretation is vast. However the Youmans set alone gives significant exposure to Neuroimaging and Neurotesting. You actually have to use the books to appreciate the assets they provide. Over time you will realize that they address virturally every question that may arise or with the voluminous references show you where to go. This publication is the result of a vast effort by many practitioners and so reflects a combined expertise greater than most other publications. The cost of the publications is difficult but the return is well worth it. I have not found any Neurosurgery problems left untouched by Youmans and together with Orrison they are a powerful weapon. If our hospitals and facilities could only implement all this knowledge much suffering could be eliminated or reduced. Unfortunately my experience has been that the total knowledge represented by these books is way ahead of the medical care provided to many patients. Certainly every Neurosurgeon should own these books and every person needing such references could do no better.
Kenneth Ellman
email:ke@kennethellman.com

disappointed by the 5th edition
To my surprise, there are lots of chapters are quoted as a whole chapters from another books, the editor-in-chief should had known this. When you submit a paper to a certain journal, you had been asked to be original by never being a part of other journal,so why not as the Bible of our loving Youman's series.