Books and Links

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 25 March 2009 03:31 - Last Updated Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:29

Board Review links:

1. Neuropathology for Neurosurgery Residents 2. Neuroradiology Review

Resident Book List:

1. Miller Neurosurgery Handbook *: Joseph Miller 2. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Case*: Hal Blumenfeld 3. Handbook of Neurosurgery*: Mark S. Greenberg 4. The Definitive Neurological Surgery Board Review*: Moore 5. Intensive Neurosurgery Review: Q&A: Psarros $-PGY2 6. Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Review*: Citow- 2 edition 7. Diagnostic Neuroradiology*: Ann Osborn 8. Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography: Osborn 9. Diagnostic Images Brain* (Osborn) Spine* (Ross) 10. The ICU Book* (Marino) 11. Neuroradiology: The Requisites*: Grossman 12. Schmidek and Sweets Operative Neurosurgical Techniques $-PGY-3 13. Operative neurosurgical Anatomy*: Fosset, Caputy- not recommended 14. Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques*: Fessler- not recommended 15. Rhotons Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches [(Neurosurgery. 2000 Sep;47(3 Suppl) & Neurosurg ery . 2002 Oct;51(4 Suppl)] 16. Principles of Neurosurgery: Rengachary * - I read this cover to cover my intern year. It simply provides a basic foundation. 17. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery: Albright $-PGY-3 18. Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease: Harrigan $-PGY-2 19. Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Brain: Sekhar 20. Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care: Ropper 21. WHO Classification of CNS tumors: LinK $-PGY1 22. Core Text of Neuroanatomy: Carpenter 23. Atlas of Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Kline 24. Neuro-oncology: The Essentials: Berger $-PGY3 25. Neurosurgery Explained: Willem (received a good review from Rhoton) 26. Neurosurgical Emergencies: Loftus (I've heard mixed things about this one) 27. Neurosurgical Intensive Care * : Siddiqi: Not recommended

Journals:
1. The Journal of Neurosurgery : The White Journal 2. Neurosurgery : The Red Journal

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Neurosurgeon Biographies:
1. When the Air Hits Your Brain*: Vertosick- A great book, incredibly entertaining and interesting. A must read if you are interested in neurosurgery. 2. Brain Surgeon*: Black- I really was impressed with Dr. Black and enjoyed reading his book 3. Gifted Hands*: Carson- a good book and there is an entertaining made for tv movie about him 4. Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: Firlik*- not as good as the ones above but I still enjoyed it

Neurosurgical Bookstore- by neurosurgic.com Links:

1. Neurosurgic - Aimed at linking journals, books, and practicing neurosurgeons: An excellent site that has a very powerful way of bringing neurosurgeons together 2. Online version of Greenberg's 3. Brain and Temporal Neuroanatomy - free registration for an excellent atlas 4. The Whole Brain Atlas - Harvard online anatomy site 5. Skull Base Anatomy - Wayne State 6. AVM Calculator 7. Cochrane Review - excellent source of evidence based guidelines, good review on AED and brain tumors, etc 8. MD Calc - free online medical calculator 9. Uncle Harvey - General neurosurgical residency information and forums 10. DigitalNeurosurgeon - He is developing an iPhone app for neurosurgery 11. Dr. Flotte's Online guide - similar to this site in focus. Part of the handbook was drawn from him and is being replaced as I have time to properly research each section. 12. 13. 14. 15. Wheeless Online - general orthopedic information AANS.org - American Academy of Neurologic Surgeons Congress of Neurological Surgeons Central BrainTumor Registry of the US

Equipment:
1. Surgitel Loupes- Loupes mounted on Oakley M Frames (2.5x), 3.5x EF on standard frame 2. Design for Vision Loupes * - Traditional Black frame 2.5x

* = the ones I own, $ = my next purchases

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