About this book
Where Neurosurgery Fundamentals gives medical students and residents the knowledge base of the specialty, Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery turns to the procedures themselves — indications, positioning, approach, key intraoperative steps, common pitfalls, and postoperative care.
Each chapter pairs a step-by-step operative narrative with online MedOne videos, so trainees can watch a procedure performed before they walk into the room and revisit it afterward to consolidate what they saw.
Key Features
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Step-by-Step Operative Narratives
Cranial and spinal procedures structured for fast pre-case review.
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Pearls and Pitfalls
Practical guidance from the editors' training and faculty practice in academic neurosurgery.
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Visual Reinforcement
Intraoperative photographs, illustrations, and radiographic correlates for each procedure.
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MedOne Videos
Online video integrated chapter-by-chapter so the text and the case footage reinforce one another.
About the Editors
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Nitin Agarwal, MD, MBA, FACS
Editor
Associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery, director of the Minimally Invasive Spine and Robotics Surgery program, and associate program director of the UPMC/Pitt neurological surgery residency. His research and writing center on spine outcomes, neurotrauma, and patient education.
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Hanna N. Algattas, M.D.
Editor
Co-editor of Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery.
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Edward G. Andrews, M.D.
Editor
Co-editor of Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery.
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Kamil W. Nowicki, M.D., Ph.D.
Editor
Co-editor of Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery.
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Xiaoran Zhang, M.D.
Editor
Co-editor of Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery.