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| Based on the request of the residents and faculty, the Atlas will start a series of Virtual Operating Room live lectures every Mon at noon EST. During each session, one procedure will be reviewed using an HD video broadcasting platform while the participants can chat their questions. Virtual reality technology will be utilized for the OR setup and the surgical video will be reviewed. Space is limited to the first 300 participants.
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Neurosurgery Oral Board Review
Neurosurgery Oral Board Review
Jonathan Citow, Robert Spinner, et al.
List Price: $69.99
The certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery is considered as the gold standard for neurosurgeons. The final hurdle in accomplishing the certification process is the challenging oral examination. In 2017, the format of the ABNS oral exam was revised to make it more relevant, rigorous, and reflective of recent advances in neurosurgery. Therefore, in the third edition of Neurosurgery Oral Board Review the authors have expanded on the widely acclaimed prior editions.
The user-friendly book is packed with all the essentials that are needed to prepare for the exam. It can be used either for a rapid review a few days prior to the exam or as an outline to organize study preparation. Each chapter starts with a collection of salient facts, followed by cases that simulate the actual oral board experience.
Key Highlights
Eighty entirely new, first-rate cases supplemented by a large number of images
In-depth focus on the current state-of-the-art in neurosurgery, including endovascular and functional approaches, minimally-invasive brain and spine procedures, arthrodesis, etc.
More than 300 outstanding anatomic drawings and radiographs to enhance the ability to visualize complex concepts
Complications and emergency procedures discussed in greater detail
This quintessential pocket-sized oral board review has earned its place as a trusted study companion in the past 15 years. The new and improved edition will continue to play an invaluable role for neurosurgeons prepping for this challenging final stage of ABNS certification.
This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
Neurosurgical Review: For Daily Clinical Use and Oral Board Preparation
Neurosurgical Review: For Daily Clinical Use and Oral Board Preparation
by Vasilios Zerris (Author)
List Price: $99.99
The American Board of Neurological Surgery oral examination has undergone periodic review and revision over the years, with a new format instituted in spring 2017. This review book is specifically geared to the new format. The ABNS oral examination process is relevant, rigorous, and of value to the neurosurgical specialty and the public, ensuring neurosurgeons meet the highest standards of practice.
Neurosurgical Review: For Daily Clinical Use and Oral Board Preparation by Vasilios A. Zerris and distinguished contributors is a multimodal and a visually rich prep tool for the ABNS exam. The resource provides a unique approach to studying and melding online didactic materials with audio-enhanced charts. Readers can use the material as a completely online exam prep course with audio or use the print version as a quick reference guide.
Key Features
Charts and schematics provide an excellent learning tool and study prep The high yield and easy to memorize format helps readers “visualize” knowledge Audio files enhance the ability to create a mental framework, thereby increasing comprehension and retention of content Cases presented at the end of each chapter focus primarily on core material tested in the general neurosurgery ABNS exam session taken by all candidates irrespective of their declared subspecialty This is an essential textbook for neurosurgical residents, fellows, and practitioners prepping for the ABNS boards. It also serves as a user-friendly refresher of fundamental knowledge all neurosurgeons need to know.
This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thiem
Welcome to European Spine Review & Cadaver Cource 2019
https://www.cervicalspine2019.com/
Dear colleagues and friends,
It is my great pleasure to announce the “European Spine Review and Cadaver Course: Part 1 Cervical Spine” which will be held in Athens, Greece, in February 2019.
The workshop brings together spine specialists to hear research and discuss topics related to the treatment of cervical spinal disorders. Examine topics important to your practice, evaluate the latest research.
In Athens February 15 – 16, 2019, we will provide comprehensive lectures given by international experts, intensive discussions between participants and faculty members, and a special cadaver workshop for practicing approaches and new techniques in pain management and in cervical spine surgery.
We are looking forward to welcome neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, spine surgeons and researchers from all over the world.
Ioannis Polythodorakis, M.D.,
Chairman of European Spine Review and Cadaver Course
President World Spinal Column Society
The Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review
The Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review
November 27 — December 1
Krakow, Poland
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The NeuroICU Board Review 1st Edition
The NeuroICU Board Review 1st Edition
by Saef Izzy (Author), David P. Lerner (Author), Kiwon Lee (Author)
List Price: $125.00
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The NeuroICU Board Review is a comprehensive board exam and curriculum review for the emerging specialty of neurocritical care. It delivers a through overview of neurological disease states (pathology, pathophysiology, and therapy), neurosurgery, and critical care medicine (including medical, surgical, cardiac, and cardiothoracic critical care), along with important topics such as neuromonitoring, neurosurgical emergencies, neuropharmacology, and neurosurgical post-operative care. This powerful review also includes clinical scenarios and more than 800 questions and answers with detailed answer explanations, with accompanying images, illustrations, tables, and detailed references.
• Developed for residents and practicing physicians preparing to take certifying board exams in Neurocritical Care, Surgical Critical Care, and Neurological Surgery
• More than 800 Q&A with detailed answer explanations
• Clinical scenarios show readers how to apply principles to real-world cases
Animal models for central poststroke pain: a critical comprehensive review
Dejerine Roussy syndrome or thalamic pain syndrome is a condition developed after a thalamic stroke, a stroke causing damage to the thalamus.
Ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes can cause lesioning in the thalamus. The lesions, usually present in one hemisphere of the brain, most often cause an initial lack of sensation and tingling in the opposite side of the body. Weeks to months later, numbness can develop into severe and chronic pain that is not proportional to an environmental stimulus, called dysaesthesia or allodynia.
As initial stroke symptoms, numbness and tingling, dissipate, an imbalance in sensation causes these later syndromes, characterizing Dejerine–Roussy syndrome. Although some treatments exist, they are often expensive, chemically based, invasive, and only treat patients for some time before they need more treatment, called “refractory treatment.”
Thalamic pain syndrome is a condition developed after a thalamic stroke.
Research into its underlying mechanisms and treatment options could benefit from a valid animal model. Nine different animal models have been published, but there are relatively few reports on successful reproductions of these models and so far only little advances in the understanding or the management have been made relying on these models. In general, the construct validity (similarity in underlying mechanisms) of these animal models is relatively high, although this cannot be evaluated into depth because of lack of understanding the mechanisms through which thalamic stroke can lead to thalamic pain syndrome. The face validity (symptom similarity) is relatively low, mainly because pain in these models is tested almost exclusively through evoked mechanical/thermal hypersensitivity assessed by reflexive measures and given the conflicting results with similar tests in patients with thalamic pain syndrome. The predictive validity (similarity in treatment efficacy) has not been evaluated in most models and incorporates difficulties that are specific to thalamic pain syndrome.
De Vloo et al., compare the different models regarding these types of validity and discuss the robustness, reproducibility, and problems regarding the design and reporting of the articles establishing these models. They conclude with various proposals on how to improve the validity and reproducibility of thalamic pain syndrome animal models. Until further improvements are achieved, prudence is called for in interpreting results obtained through these models 1).
Ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes can cause lesioning in the thalamus. The lesions, usually present in one hemisphere of the brain, most often cause an initial lack of sensation and tingling in the opposite side of the body. Weeks to months later, numbness can develop into severe and chronic pain that is not proportional to an environmental stimulus, called dysaesthesia or allodynia.
As initial stroke symptoms, numbness and tingling, dissipate, an imbalance in sensation causes these later syndromes, characterizing Dejerine–Roussy syndrome. Although some treatments exist, they are often expensive, chemically based, invasive, and only treat patients for some time before they need more treatment, called “refractory treatment.”
Thalamic pain syndrome is a condition developed after a thalamic stroke.
Research into its underlying mechanisms and treatment options could benefit from a valid animal model. Nine different animal models have been published, but there are relatively few reports on successful reproductions of these models and so far only little advances in the understanding or the management have been made relying on these models. In general, the construct validity (similarity in underlying mechanisms) of these animal models is relatively high, although this cannot be evaluated into depth because of lack of understanding the mechanisms through which thalamic stroke can lead to thalamic pain syndrome. The face validity (symptom similarity) is relatively low, mainly because pain in these models is tested almost exclusively through evoked mechanical/thermal hypersensitivity assessed by reflexive measures and given the conflicting results with similar tests in patients with thalamic pain syndrome. The predictive validity (similarity in treatment efficacy) has not been evaluated in most models and incorporates difficulties that are specific to thalamic pain syndrome.
De Vloo et al., compare the different models regarding these types of validity and discuss the robustness, reproducibility, and problems regarding the design and reporting of the articles establishing these models. They conclude with various proposals on how to improve the validity and reproducibility of thalamic pain syndrome animal models. Until further improvements are achieved, prudence is called for in interpreting results obtained through these models 1).
1) De Vloo P, Morlion B, van Loon J, Nuttin B. Animal models for central poststroke pain: a critical comprehensive review. Pain. 2017 Jan;158(1):17-29. PubMed PMID: 27992392.
The Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review
The Comprehensive Clinical Neurosurgery Review
November 28 — December 2
Krakow, Poland
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The targeted audience for this medical event basically for Neurosurgeons.
This course is mainly designed for Established Neurosurgeons and Senior Trainees. Seasoned neurosurgeons and Junior trainees will find this course as an excellent refresher and a practical review of neurosurgery.
The course aims to help participants focus on examination relevant topics, while deepening their understanding of materials through lectures, discussions and critique. It will provide an excellent preparation for challenging oral board exams such as the Royal College (British,Canadian), EANS and the American board exams or oral boards in your respective countries.
The Greenberg Rapid Review: A Companion to the 8th Edition
The Greenberg Rapid Review: A Companion to the 8th Edition
List Price: $99.99
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Written by an esteemed educator and founder of the renowned Chicago Review Course in Neurological Surgery™, this updated review reflects substantive content additions to the 8th edition. The two prior editions of the Rapid Review were must-have companions that fully leveraged the vast knowledge contained within Greenberg’s legendary tome.
Through repetition and spot-on questions, this book brings clarity to a specialty whose sheer depth and breadth presents comprehension and retention challenges. This book helps readers determine if they are retaining key data and information, thereby providing a robust self-assessment study tool for American Board of Neurological Surgery certification.
The 7th companion generated glowing reviews, such as: “A wonderful example of how to turn the classic Greenberg text into a study guide rather than an encyclopedic reference to a young neurosurgeon” –AANS Young Neurosurgeons News
Key Highlights
- Question formats include fill in the blank, open-ended questions, true/false, matching, and identification of various elements in diagrams/figures
- Mnemonic devices, helpful hints, clinical pearls, and study charts aid in comprehension and long-term retention
- Greenberg chapter headings are used (e.g. 4.2.3), thereby providing clear-cut Handbook references
This book is designed to help neurosurgical residents prepare for the ABNS primary examination and/or rounds. It will enable practicing neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, and neuropathologists to develop a storehouse of knowledge required to efficaciously examine, analyze, diagnose, and treat neurosurgical patients.
Product Details
- Published on: 2016-11-15
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 7.00″ h x .0″ w x 10.00″ l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 576 pages
Goodman's Neurosurgery Oral Board Review
Goodman’s Neurosurgery Oral Board Review
From Oxford University Press
List Price:$89.95
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This book will educate and prepare neurosurgery candidates who are preparing for the Neurosurgery Oral Board exam, the final step prior to board certification. It will also serve as a primer for the Goodman oral board course, a bi-annual course sponsored by the AANS. The book begins by initially describing the format of the oral board exam in the US. It then examines some of the concepts and techniques in the question-answer process that forms the major premise of the oral board exam. Each chapter contains 4-5 case presentations, which are organized similarly to how oral board questions are presented, with a brief history / physical and relevant imaging studies. The authors provide detailed analysis of these cases, as well as key references for each case with the salient conclusions from each referenced paper.
While there are a few books that cover the board exams, none of them are specifically designed as case-based resources for oral board exam preparation.Goodman’s Neurosurgery Oral Board Review focuses specifically on the oral board exam. Its primary intended audience is US, Canadian and British neurosurgeons who are preparing for the oral board, but it will also be a very appropriate resource for those who are trying to maintain competence in neurosurgery.
Dr. Levi’s edited text is authored by a group of long-standing, dedicated members to the course who have taught it for the last 15 years. With their extensive experience in teaching for the board exams, the skillset they bring to this book is unrivaled.
Product Details
- Published on: 2016-10-19
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.50″ h x .40″ w x 10.90″ l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
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About the Author
Dr. Levi received his MD degree in 1986 from the University of Ottawa and completed his residency in 1995 at the University of Toronto. This was followed by spine fellowships at the University of Toronto and the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. Dr. Levi joined the faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 1997, and is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He specializes in the surgical treatment of spine and peripheral nerve disorders.
Dr. Levi received his MD degree in 1986 from the University of Ottawa and completed his residency in 1995 at the University of Toronto. This was followed by spine fellowships at the University of Toronto and the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. Dr. Levi joined the faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 1997, and is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He specializes in the surgical treatment of spine and peripheral nerve disorders.
Oral Examination Modifications:
Commencing in 2017, the ABNS certifying oral examination will be modified as follows:
1. Session one will test the candidate’s fund of knowledge and competency on general neurosurgery.
2. Session two will test the candidate’s competency on elements of his/her focused surgical practice. Each candidate will indicate their choice prior to the examination from a list of focused practice selections.
3. Session three will be a case based examination consisting of 5-8 cases selected from the 150 cases submitted during the credentialing process. Each candidate will prepare a PowerPoint using an ABNS slide template for each case that contains the clinical history, physical examination, key imaging, diagnosis and management, surgical coding, early result and follow-up.
The candidate must pass all three sessions to become ABNS certified.