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Edited by Setti S. Rengachary and Robert H. Wilkins. Approximately 575 pp., illustrated. London, Wolfe, 1994. $175. ISBN 1-56375-022-8.

Principles of Neurosurgery fills a unique niche in the world of neurosurgery textbooks. Already the authors of an extensive multivolume textbook in the field, Rengachary and Wilkins have endeavored in this edited textbook to produce a "book for beginners." They have succeeded admirably. Their book is an excellent introduction to most of the basic principles and problems of neurosurgery. To quote the editors, it is "comprehensive without being encyclopedic."

The book begins nicely with a chapter on the history of neurosurgery. Basic scientific principles are introduced, followed by chapters on intracranial pressure, the blood-brain barrier, cerebral edema, and brain herniation, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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