In a specialized field such as neurosurgery highly specific knowledge is required. Training
programs in the EU vary making it difficult to standardize medical training. This manual forms
the basis for a European consensus in neurosurgery. It is written for residents students and
physicians with a special interest in neurosurgery. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are
detailed according to localization (cranial spinal peripheral nerves) with special
consideration given to congenital defects and pediatric neurosurgical disorders functional and
stereotactic neurosurgery as well as critical neurosurgical care. Each chapter contains the
basics of anatomy and physiology. The book is well-organized and clearly structured according
to each entity and its neurosurgical treatment options. A better understanding of specific
neurosurgical problems will help practicing neurosurgeons provide better medical care for their
patients and will also provide the neurosurgery resident with a reliable European standard for
step-by-step management of neurosurgical problems which will prove useful when preparing for
the board examination.
