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Book ReviewBook Review

Advanced Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery

American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2006, 27 (1) 237-238;

A. Alexandre, A. Bricolo, and H. Millesi (eds) 157 pages, $129.00. New York: Springer-Verlag. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum vol. 97.

This book is essentially presented in 2 parts. The first part concerns advanced peripheral nerve surgery, and the second minimally invasive spinal surgery. The foreword is written by Dr. Madjid Samii, past president of the World Federation of Neurosurgery and one of the pre-eminent neurosurgeons in the world.

Part 1—“Advanced Peripheral Nerve Surgery”—has an introductory chapter on the contentious issue of neurolysis of the injured peripheral nerve and is written by one the masters of peripheral nerve surgery: Professor Hanno Millesi. The other chapters are written mostly by groups from Italy and include various peripheral nerve problems ranging from a vascular thoracic outlet syndrome to endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery to suprascapular nerve entrapment. Each chapter is written in the form of an article, including an introduction and sections on material and methods, results, and discussion. The book is essentially a compilation of papers. As a result, each of the above subjects is merely highlighted. The figures are adequate and the references are exhaustive. Part 1 would be of interest to a surgeon who specializes in peripheral nerve surgery, but it is unlikely to be of much relevance to a neuroradiology audience. There is essentially no new information that is presented with regard to imaging the peripheral nervous system.

In part 2—“Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery—again, many of the authors are Italian. Topics include the use of percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty, interdiskal injections of various gases for the treatment of cervical disk herniation, and percutaneous nucleoplasty. It also addresses some more surgically related issues such as microendoscopic diskectomy on the lumbar spine, as well as automated percutaneous nucleotomy. The second part of the book is essentially a compilation of papers, each with their various introductions, material and methods, results, and discussion. There is no specific chapter that deals with imaging, and, like part 1, each chapter would be of modest interest to a neuroradiologist.

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