Product Description

Thieme is delighted to announce publication of the definitive guide for neurosurgical residents: Handbook of Neurosurgery, 5th Edition. Now back in one convenient volume, this book remains the most comprehensive guide to neurosurgery available today. The book is packed with nearly 1,000 pages of "nuts and bolts" information and guidelines spanning the breadth of neurosurgery-in a pocket-sized format that allows quick access to the answers you need. As in the previous bestselling editions, the book contains thousands of literature citations, a thorough index, and helpful cross-references for ease of use. The surgical material has been removed from this edition to facilitate its use with Fundamentals of Operative Neurosurgery by Connolly et al.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48896 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1000 pages

Review
"...Comprehensive...index is unsurpassed in its thoroughness and logical references to book contents. . .error-free. . .useful tool. . . Compact size, well-summarized" -- Mayo Clinic, neurosurgery.org

"...neurosurgical trainees are encouraged to buy...key points clearly identified...an excellent source of quick reference...essential purchase..." -- British Journal of Neurosurgery

From the Publisher
All the nitty gritty stuff that students, residents, clinicians, and neuro nurses need in order to practice or prepare for the boards. The fifth edition is updated and available in a more convenient single volume.

From the Author
With the fifth edition, the Handbook of Neurosurgery returns to a single, slightly larger, but still pocket-sized volume. To accomplish this goal, some material had to sacrificed. I felt that the strength of the book has always been in the clinical areas, and that the surgical material might be best left ot a book dedicated to that aspect of neurosurgery. The fifth edition also represents a strategic partnering with Thieme Medical Publishers. In addition to enjoying a wider distribution, the surgical material once contained winthin these covers and much more can now be found in Thieme's companion publication, Fundametnals of Operative Neurosurgery by Connolly, Choudri and Huang. Procedures performed in the office and raqdiology suite are still covered herein.

Customer Reviews

Most useful handbook on the market
I have used this Handbook of Neurosurgery since its inception over 10 years ago. In my residency training program, it is referred to as the "Bible" of Neurosurgery. The current edition continues the trend of excellence set by its predecessors. Broad in scope and utility, this single reference is all any resident needs to survive an on-call night in any neurosurgery residency training program.

The current edition is a single volume (the edition previous to this one was a two-volume set, much to the dismay of myself and fellow residents). The only negative comment that I can make is that as the book tries to encompass more and more information, it has grown larger and more unwieldy. The first and second editions could be placed into the pocket of a lab coat; this current edition's size prevents it from being easily carried on the wards.

Still, overall it is the most useful single text that any student or resident of neurosurgery could purchase, and at[the price] it is a relative BARGAIN in comparison to the other textbooks of Neurosurgery that cost upwards of $200.

Concise and practical
Greenberg's "Handbook of Neurosurgery" is a well writen, concise and practical reference manual for the use of the non-neurosurgeon who has to deal with neurosurgical patients and their unique problems. As a part of my postgraduate trainig I worked in a Neurotrauma ward, both with brain injured and spinal injured patients. So, my knowledge of Neurosurgery was lacking. However, as I purchased this book I became more familiar with the general principles and practice of Neurosurgery.

However lacking in regard to Neuroimaging and surgical techniques, Greenberg's "Handbook of Neurosurgery" provides excelent chapters of neurointensive care, drug use, dosages and side effects, clinical tests of value, as well as comprehensive analysis of the diseases and disease processes encountered.

A Classic Work.
Dr. Greenberg has written a neurosurgical indispensable. May it continue to merit the thanks of the neurosurgical resident in years to come.