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Acta Neurochir (2012) 154:15371538 DOI 10.1007/s00701-012-1390-5
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Eric M. Deshaies, Christopher S. Eddleman, and Alan S, Boulos, (Eds): handbook of neuroendovascular surgery
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-60406-300-4 Thieme
Akio Hyodo
Published online: 19 June 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012
The Handbook of Neuroendovascular Surgery is a softcover, handy-sized book of around 500 pages that presents everything that is necessary not only to understand but also to perform neuroendovascular surgery. Neuroendovascular surgery is a rapidly expanding specialty due to the progress of new technology and devices, and the increasing number of neuroendovascular training programs, including the field of neurosurgery, neurology, and radiology, and acute medicine.
This textbook is intended for neurosurgical residents and fellows in order to enable them to understand and perform neuroendovascular surgery during their training period. This book is also good for medical students, residents, and fellows who are interested in neuroendovascular surgery.
Editors Eric M. Deshaies et al. invited many residents and fellows as chapter authors who had recently graduated within the past 5 years to contribute to this handbook, and they also said this handbook was developed and written with the newly graduated attending physician, fellow, resident, medical student,...