Essential Neurosurgery, 3rd Edition

Preface to the third edition vii

Preface to the first edition ix

1 Neurological assessment and examination 1

2 Neurosurgical investigations 14

3 Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus 27

4 Head injuries 40

5 Traumatic intracranial haematomas 56

6 Brain tumours 64

7 Benign brain tumours 93

8 Pituitary tumours 109

9 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 125

10 Stroke 140
Stephen M. Davis MD FRACP

11 Developmental abnormalities 158

12 Infections of the central nervous system 170

13 Low back pain and leg pain 185

14 Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis 197

15 Spinal cord compression 206

16 Spinal injuries 225

17 Peripheral nerve entrapments injuries and tumours 234

18 Facial pain and hemifacial spasm 248

19 Pain—neurosurgical management 254

20 Movement disorders—neurosurgical aspects 263

21 Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects 269
Christine Kilpatrick MD FRACP

Index 281