Neurosurgery Primary Examination Review : High Yield Questions, Answers, Diagrams, and Tables

Practical Q&A guide enhanced with unique diagrams and tables to ace the ABNS primary exam! Neurosurgery Primary Examination Review: High Yield Questions, Answers, Diagrams, and Tables by Amgad S. Hanna addresses the knowledge gaps in currently existing neurosurgical board study guides. It is based on a collection of highly effective practice questions previously administered to neurosurgical residents at the University of Wisconsin. Each chapter covers two to three topics with 60 multiple choice and matching questions and only one correct answer. The reader-friendly content and layout make it easy to organize and review the complex subject matter in preparation for the ABNS written exam or for educational review. Section I is divided into 20 chapters with questions followed by answer keys. This section covers anatomy, neurology, pathology, radiology, critical care, neurosurgery, and neurobiology. Chapters 17-20 cover comprehensive exam questions and answers across all specialty areas including sarcoidosis, lead toxicity, central neurocytoma, and prion disease. Key Highlights Approximately 600 questions divided into 10 tests cover relevant knowledge for the exam Answer keys include salient information on important differentials More than 60 tables and diagrams provide a practical, self-directed method for organizing and retaining important facts More than 200 high-quality images including radiographs, pathology slides, anatomical drawings, and operative photographs accompany questions and answers This concise textbook is a must-have reference for all neurosurgical residents preparing to sit for the ABNS primary exam. Its format is also ideal for incorporating into the neurosurgical curriculum or as a study guide for the maintenance of certification exams

Practical Q&A guide enhanced with unique diagrams and tables to ace the ABNS primary exam!

Neurosurgery Primary Examination Review: High Yield Questions, Answers, Diagrams, and Tables by Amgad S. Hanna addresses the knowledge gaps in currently existing neurosurgical board study guides. It is based on a collection of highly effective practice questions previously administered to neurosurgical residents at the University of Wisconsin. Each chapter covers two to three topics with 60 multiple choice and matching questions and only one correct answer. The reader-friendly content and layout make it easy to organize and review the complex subject matter in preparation for the ABNS written exam or for educational review.

Section I is divided into 20 chapters with questions followed by answer keys. This section covers anatomy, neurology, pathology, radiology, critical care, neurosurgery, and neurobiology. Chapters 17-20 cover comprehensive exam questions and answers across all specialty areas including sarcoidosis, lead toxicity, central neurocytoma, and prion disease.

Key Highlights

• Approximately 600 questions divided into 10 tests cover relevant knowledge for the exam
• Answer keys include salient information on important differentials
• More than 60 tables and diagrams provide a practical, self-directed method for organizing and retaining important facts
• More than 200 high-quality images including radiographs, pathology slides, anatomical drawings, and operative photographs accompany questions and answers

This concise textbook is a must-have reference for all neurosurgical residents preparing to sit for the ABNS primary exam. Its format is also ideal for incorporating into the neurosurgical curriculum or as a study guide for the maintenance of certification exams.

Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 Preface......Page 15 Acknowledgments......Page 17 Abbreviations......Page 19 Section I. Questions and Answers......Page 21 1 Test 1-Anatomy and Neurology......Page 23 3 Test 2-Pathology, Radiology, and Critical C.are......Page 36 5 Test 3-Anatomy and Neurosurgery......Page 51 7 Test 4-Pathology and Radiology......Page 63 9 Test 5-Neurobiology and Critical Care......Page 80 11 Test 6-Anatomy and Critical care......Page 94 13 Test 7-Pathology. Radiology. and Neurology......Page 106 15 Test 8-Neurobiology and Neurosurgery......Page 127 17 Test 9-Comprehensive......Page 141 19 Test 10--Comprehensive......Page 158 Section II. Diagrams......Page 179 Section Ill. Tables......Page 239 Table 4.. Types of skeletal musde fibers......Page 241 Table 8. Craniopharyngioma subtypes......Page 242 Table 10. Different inclusion bodies in health and disease......Page 243 Table 11. Familial tumors......Page 244 Table 12. Congenital metabolic disorders......Page 245 Table 13. Neuropathies and myopathies......Page 248 Table 14. Neurodegenerative diseases......Page 251 Table17. SpinalAVMs......Page 252 Table 22. dinical grading of subarachnoid hemorrhage......Page 253 Table 28. Glomus jugulare (tympanicum) grades......Page 254 Table 29. Vasculitides......Page 255 Table 30. Toxicities......Page 256 Table 33. Important vaso-active drugs......Page 259 Table 34. Common antiepileptic drugs......Page 260 Book References......Page 263 Index......Page 265