Month: February 2015

Editor: Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD Contributing Editors: E. Jesus Duffis, MD; and Chirag D. Gandhi, MD Publisher: Thieme – 722 pages with 716 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The editors point out in the Preface of this work that explosive growth of knowledge, from the late 1920s onwards, is characteristic of the subspecialty field of endovascular surgical neuroradiology. What is significant for that period is the success that Egas Moniz, a Portuguese neurologist, encountered in cerebral angiography. Moniz is regarded as one of the founders of what in earlier decades was referred to as “psychosurgery”. He developed the...

Editors: Livio Presutti, MD; and Daniele Marchioni, MD Publisher: Thieme – 403 pages with 951 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This outstanding book on surgery of the middle and inner ear, with large (9” x 12”) pages, contains numerous graphics, including full drawings and photos of various types of tissue, diagnostic machines, organs, and surgical instruments; micrographs, sketches, and x-rays. Each page has anywhere from a single photograph to composites of as many as a dozen photos. All this makes for easier absorption of material for you the student or practitioner of otology, the specialty on the ear,...