Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Anatomy and physiology. Gross anatomy, cranial, and spinal
  • Vascular anatomy
  • Neurophysiology and regional brain syndromes
  • Part 2: General and neurology. Neuroanesthesia
  • Sodium homeostasis and osmolality
  • General neurocritical care
  • Sedatives, paralytics, analgesics
  • Endocrinology
  • Hematology
  • Neurology for neurosurgeons
  • Neurovascular disorders and neurotoxicology
  • Part 3: Imaging and diagnostics. Plain Radiology and Contrast Agents
  • Imaging and Angiography
  • Electrodiagnostics
  • Part 4: Developmental anomalies. Primary intracranial anomalies
  • Primary spinal anomalies
  • Primary craniospinal anomalies
  • Part 5: Coma and brain death. Coma
  • Brain death and organ donation
  • Part 6: Infection. Bacterial infections of the parenchyma and meninges and complex infections
  • Skull, spine, and post-surgical infections
  • Other nonbacterial infections
  • Part 7: Hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Cerebrospinal fluid
  • Hydrocephalus: general aspects
  • Treatment of hydrocephalus
  • Part 8: Seizures. Seizure Classification and Anti-Convulsant Pharmacology
  • Special Types of Seizures
  • Part 9: Pain.
  • Part 10: Peripheral Nerves. Peripheral nerves
  • Entrapment neuropathies
  • Non-entrapment peripheral neuropathies
  • Part 11: Neurophthalmology and neurotology. Neurophthalmology
  • Neurotology
  • Part 12: Primary tumors of the nervous and related systems: tumors of neuroepithelial tissue. General information, classification and tumor markers
  • Syndromes involving tumors
  • Astrocytomas
  • Other astrocytic tumors
  • Oligodendroglial tumors and tumors of the ependyma, choroid plexus, and other neuroepithelial tumors
  • Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors
  • Pineal region and embryonal tumors
  • Tumors of cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves
  • Meningiomas
  • Other tumors related to the meninges
  • Part 13: Tumors involving non-neural origin: metastases, lymphomas, chordomas. Lymphomas and hematopoietic neoplasms
  • Pituitary tumors: general information and classification
  • Pituitary adenomas: evaluation and nonsurgical management
  • Pituitary adenomas: surgical management, outcome, and recurrence management
  • Cysts and tumor-like lesions
  • Pseudotumor cerebri and empty sella syndrome
  • Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the skull
  • Tumors of the spine and spinal cord
  • Cerebral metastases
  • Spinal epidural metastases
  • Part 14: Head trauma. General information, grading, initial management
  • Concussion, high altitude cerebral edema, cerebrovascular injuries
  • Neuromonitoring
  • Skull fractures
  • Traumatic hemorrhagic conditions
  • Gunshot wounds and non-missile penetrating brain injuries
  • Pediatric head injury
  • Head injury: long-term management, complications, outcome
  • Part 15: Spine trauma. General information, neurologic assessment, whiplash and sports-related injuries, pediatric spine injuries
  • Management of spinal cord injury
  • Occipitoatlantoaxial injuries (occiput to C2)
  • Subaxial (C3 through C7) injuries / fractures
  • Thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine fractures
  • Penetrating spine injuries and long term management / complications
  • Part 16: Spine and spinal cord. Low back pain and radiculopathy
  • Lumbar and thoracic intervertebral disk herniation / radiculopathy
  • Cervical disc herniation
  • Degenerative cervical disc disease and cervical myelopathy
  • Thoracic and lumbar degenerative disc disease
  • Adult spinal deformity and degenerative scoliosis
  • Special conditions affecting the spine
  • Other non-spine conditions with spine implications
  • Special conditions affecting the spinal cord
  • Part 17: SAH and aneurysms. Introduction and general information, grading, medical management, special conditions
  • Critical care of aneurysm patients
  • SAH from cerebral aneurysm rupture
  • Aneurysm type by location
  • Special aneurysms and non-aneurysmal SAH
  • Part 18: Vascular Malformations
  • Part 19: Stroke and occlusive cerebrovascular disease. General information and stroke physiology
  • Evaluation and treatment for stroke
  • Special conditions
  • Cerebral arterial dissections
  • Part 20: Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • Part 21: Outcome Assessment
  • Part 22: Differential diagnosis. Differential diagnosis by location or radiographic finding: intracranial
  • Differential diagnosis by location or radiographic finding: spine
  • Differential diagnosis (DDx) by signs and symptoms: primarily intracranial
  • Differential diagnosis (DDx) by signs and symptoms: primarily spine and other
  • Part 23: Procedures, interventions, operations. Procedures, interventions, operations: general information
  • Specific craniotomies
  • Spine, cervical
  • Spine, thoracic and lumbar
  • Miscellaneous surgical procedures
  • Functional neurosurgery
  • Pain procedures
  • Seizure surgery
  • Radiation therapy (XRT)
  • Endovascular neurosurgery.