Pediatric Neurosurgery Board Review: A Comprehensive Guide

Nir Shimony · George Jallo

2023년 5월 · Springer Nature

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This specialized textbook will be dedicated to the various disease topics of pediatric neurosurgery and management strategies. The text will cover the different aspects of the field of pediatric neurosurgery in a unique way by giving state of the art up-to-date synopsis with references to recent publications. More specifically, the whole book is dedicated to a comprehensive discussion of brainstem tumors and other lesions. It will be composed of 20 chapters. The various chapters will start from updates regarding the development of the nervous system and the clinical differences in assessing the infant or a child in comparison to the adult patient. The book then will focus on various pathologies starting with hydrocephalus, pediatric brain and spine tumors, congenital malformation, spasticity, epilepsy, and more. The proposed textbook will be enriched with diagnostic and surgical images, and illustrations that cover all types of pediatric neurosurgery pathologies, with an emphasis on evidence-based data that reflects the controversies and possible solutions. The main structure of each chapter will include a short synopsis of the topic at hand, questions and answers that will inspire the reader for better understanding, learning objectives, and key references for further reading.
Written by experts in the field, Pediatric Neurosurgery Board Review serves as a valuable resource for neurosurgery residents and fellows studying for their neurosurgery exams, as well as an educational material for neurosurgery specialists after graduation by discussing pediatric neurosurgery in more convenient way to review and understand key information in this field.

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George Jallo, M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Oncology
Director, Institute for Brain Protection Sciences
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Office Address:
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
600 5th Street South, 4th floor
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
E-mail: [email protected]

Nir Shimony, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Department of Neurosurgery, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Semmes-Murphey Clinic

Memphis, Tennessee

USA

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (Adjunct)
Johns Hopkins University school of medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

USA

Office Address:

Semmes-Murphey Clinic
6325 Humphreys Blvd,

Memphis, TN 38120