Neurosurgical Instrument Guide

<![CDATA[ The Neurosurgical Instrument Guide provides a much-needed baseline reference for visual identification of surgical instruments and their intended use in specific neurosurgical procedures. It facilitates a unique learning experience for medical students, interns, residents, surgical technicians, nurses, and other neurosurgical support staff, as well as for neurosurgeons who want to educate their team about basic instrumentation encountered in the operating room. Special Features:<li>Designed in didactic two-page spreads, with clear photographs of instruments on one side facing.

The Neurosurgical Instrument Guide; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Operating Room; Chapter 2: Operating Room Equipment; Chapter 3: Basic Neurosurgical Trays; Chapter 4: Basic Neurosurgical Instrumentation; General; Blades, Knife Holders, Cautery; Scissors, Needles, Needle Holders; Forceps, Clamps, Retractors; Dissectors, Elevators; Drills, Bits, Rongeurs, Curettes; Cranial Plates; Chapter 5: Basic Microsurgical/Microvascular/Skull Base Instrumentation; General; Scissors, Knives, Needle Holders; Forceps, Clamps, Retractors.

Dissectors, ElevatorsBits, Rongeurs; Specific Procedures; Chapter 6: Spinal Procedures; General; Dilators, Retractors; Dissectors, Elevators, Curettes; Impactors, Rongeurs, Drill Bits, Drill Guides; Spine Fusion Instrumentation; Chapter 7: Transsphenoidal/Endonasal; Retractors; Forceps, Rongeurs, Needle Holders; Scissors, Knives; Dissectors, Elevators, Miscellaneous; Endoscopic Instruments; Appendix; Index.