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M. Neil Woodall
Jonathan Stuart Citow
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,Neurosurgery Board Review
Questions and Answ ers for Self-Assessment
Third Edition
Cargill H. Alleyne Jr., MD
Professor an d Marshall Allen Dist inguish ed Ch airm an
Resid en cy Program Director
Depar t m en t of Neu rosu rger y
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regen t s Un iversit y
Augu st a, Georgia
M. Neil Wo o dall, MD
Ch ief Resident
Depar t m en t of Neu rosu rger y
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regen t s Un iversit y
Augu st a, Georgia
Jo nathan Stuart Citow , MD, FACS
Ch ief of Neurosurger y
Advocate Con dell Medical Cen ter
Liber t yville, Illin ois
Assist an t Clin ical Professor of Neu rosu rger y
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President of th e Am erican Cen ter for Spin e an d Neurosurger y
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M. Neil Woodall
Jonathan Stuart Citow
,
,Neurosurgery Board Review
Questions and Answ ers for Self-Assessment
Third Edition
Cargill H. Alleyne Jr., MD
Professor an d Marshall Allen Dist inguish ed Ch airm an
Resid en cy Program Director
Depar t m en t of Neu rosu rger y
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regen t s Un iversit y
Augu st a, Georgia
M. Neil Wo o dall, MD
Ch ief Resident
Depar t m en t of Neu rosu rger y
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regen t s Un iversit y
Augu st a, Georgia
Jo nathan Stuart Citow , MD, FACS
Ch ief of Neurosurger y
Advocate Con dell Medical Cen ter
Liber t yville, Illin ois
Assist an t Clin ical Professor of Neu rosu rger y
Rosalin d Fran klin Un iversit y Medical Sch ool
Nor th Ch icago, Illinois
an d
President of th e Am erican Cen ter for Spin e an d Neurosurger y
Liber t yville, Illin ois
, Execut ive Editor: Tim othy Y. Hiscock Im po rtan t n o te : Med icin e i
Associate Man aging Editor: Kenn eth Sch u bach u n d ergoin g con t in u al d evelo
Man aging Ed itor: Elizabeth Palum bo clin ical exp er ien ce are con t i
Director, Editorial Ser vices: Mar y Jo Casey kn ow ledge, in p ar t icu lar ou r
Produ ct ion Editor: Heidi Grauel m en t an d d r ug t h erapy. In so
In tern at ion al Product ion Director: And reas Sch aber t any d osage or ap p licat ion , re
Vice Presiden t , Ed itor ial an d E-Product Developm en t: t h e au t h ors, editors, an d p u b
Vera Sp illn er e or t to en su re t h at su ch re
In tern at ion al Market ing Director: Fion a Hen derson w it h th e state o f k n o w le dg
In tern at ion al Sales Director: Lou isa Turrell tio n o f th e bo o k.
Director of Sales, Nor th Am erica: Mike Rosem an
Sen ior Vice Presiden t and Ch ief Operat ing O cer: Never t h eless, t h is d oes n ot i
Sarah Van derbilt any gu aran tee or resp on sibi
Presid en t: Brian D. Scanlan p u blish ers in resp ect to any
for m s of ap p licat ion s st ated
Library o f Congress Catalo ging-in-Publicatio n Data re qu este d to exam in e caref
lea et s accom p anyin g each
Alleyn e, Cargill H., auth or. n ecessar y in con su lt at ion w
Neu rosurger y board review : quest ion s and an sw ers w h et h er th e d osage sch ed u l
for self-assessm en t / Cargill Alleyn e, M. Neil Woodall, t h e con t rain d icat ion s st ated
Jon ath an Citow. — Th ird edit ion. d i er from t h e st atem en t s m
p. ; cm . Su ch exam in at ion is p ar t icu
In clu des bibliograp h ical referen ces an d index. t h at are eit h er rarely u sed o
ISBN 978-1-62623-104-7 — ISBN 978-1-62623-105-4 on t h e m arket . Ever y dosage
I. Woodall, M. Neil, au th or. II. Citow, Jonath an St uart , of ap p licat ion u sed is en t ire
auth or. III. Title. an d resp on sibilit y. Th e au t h
[DNLM: 1. Neurosurgery—Exam ination Questions. WL 18.2] ever y u ser to rep or t to t h e p
RD593 or in accu racies n ot iced . If er
617.4'80076—d c23 2015028124 after p u blicat ion , er rat a w ill
com on t h e p rod u ct d escr ipt
Som e of th e p rodu ct n am es,
design s referred to in th is bo
t radem arks or p ropriet ar y n a
referen ce to th is fact is n ot al
Th erefore, th e ap p earan ce of
as propr ietar y is n ot to be co
by the pu blish er th at it is in t
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