Month: February 2016

Editors: John J. Callaghan, MD; John C. Clohisy, MD; Aaron G. Rosenberg, MD; Paul E Beaule, MD; Harry E. Rubash, MD; and Craig J. Della Valle, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 1,624 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The purpose of this book is “to provide a comprehensive, organized text on adult hip pathology and treatment.” This was also the original purpose for its two previous editions. The changes in the field of hip surgery have been significant since the first edition of this book appeared in 1998, or 18 years ago. “The entire...

Authors: Peter C. Burger, MD; Bernd W. Scheithauer, MD; B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD; Ayca Ersen, MD; Fausto J. Rodriguez, MD; Tarik Tihan, MD; and Elizabeth J. Rushing, MD Publisher: Amirsys | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 800 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Seven professors of pathology, with two of them also teaching neurology and/or neurosurgery, wrote this book.  Five of them are in the United States, and one each is from Switzerland and Turkey. This book’ like others in the Diagnostic Pathology series of the publishers Amirsys and Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, uses a bullet-points format which enables writers...

Authors: Michael P. Federle, MD; R. Brooke Jeffrey, MD; Paula J. Woodward, MD; and Amir A. Borhani MD Publisher: Amirsys | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 1,288 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This thick textbook is unusual from most other medical books because all of the content is presented in bullet-point format, which has proven to be a popular one among time-constrained residents, fellows and established practitioners. But the lead author Dr. Michael Federle points out that from the comments they received from purchasers of the first edition which was also in bulleted form, many of them preferred...

Author: Robert K. Jackler, MD Medical Illustrator: Christine Gralapp, MA, CMI Publisher: Thieme – 268 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The author of this book Dr. Robert Jackler, who is a head and neck surgeon or otolaryngologist, states that the reason he wrote this book is to “provide an overview of the technical aspects of operative neurotology and skull base surgery.” Otology being the study of the ear, neurotology, as a subspecialty of otolaryngology, deals with parts of the nervous system relating to hearing,  and treats the neurological disorders of the ear. Using the term skull base surgery...

(Part of a series of five volumes. The others are: Neuro-Oncology, Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Functional Neurosurgery). Editor: R. Loch Macdonald, MD Publisher: Thieme – 280 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This textbook offers a Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) to those who complete the requirements listed on page x.   Thieme collaborated with that organization in publishing this work. One hundred and two people provided the content to make this valuable volume possible. They live and work in nine other countries besides the United States. Those places...