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

278 Pages·2018·79.12 MB·English

by  Amgad Hanna

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Thieme

Neurosurgery Primary Examination Review
High Yield Questions, Answers, Diagrams, and Tables
Amgad S. Hanna, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
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Dear neurosurgery resident,
This book is dedicated to you, current learner and soon-to-be colleague. I don't want you to struggle as
much as I once struggled to prepare for the written boards. The books available today are great resources
but have a lot of knowledge gaps. This book is not meant to be a full textbook of neurosurgery, but to
fill-in some of those knowledge gaps, while presenting the information in a concise and easy-to-remember
format. I hope, and am sure, it will make your studying easier, more pleasant, and most importantly
more efficient.
Wishing you the best in your endeavors.

Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Robert]. Dempsey
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Robert]. Spinner
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Abbreviations....................................................................... xvii
Section I. Questions and Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 Test 1-Anatomy and Neurology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Answer Key 1................................................................... 10
3 Test 2-Pathology, Radiology, and Critical Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Answer Key 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Test 3-Anatomy and Neurosurgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6 Answer Key 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7 Test 4-Pathology and Radiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8 Answer Key 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9 Test 5-Neurobiology and Critical Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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10 Answer Key 5................................................................... 68
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11 Test 6-Anatomy and Critical Care................................................ 74
12 AnswerKey6........ .. . . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . 81
13 Test 7-Pathology, Radiology, and Neurology...................................... 86
14 AnswerKey7................................................................... 101
15 Test 8-Neurobiology and Neurosurgery.......................................... 107
16 Answer Key 8................................................................... 114
17 Test 9-Comprehensive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
18 AnswerKey9........ .. . . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . 132
19 Test 10-Comprehensive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Yiping Li and Amgad Hanna
20 Answer Key 10.................................................................. 151
Yiping Li and Amgad Hanna
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Contents
Section II. Diagrams............................................................ 159
Section III. Tables............................................................... 219
Book References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Index............................................................................... 245
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