Understanding Basic Neurosurgery

This book provides an up-to-date readily available source for understanding the basic aspects of neurosurgery. Throughout 10 chapters, the book covers the basic topics of neurosurgery including neurological assessment, congenital anomalies, degenerative spinal disorders, spinal compression, spinal injuries, head injuries, brain tumors, cerebrovascular disorders, peripheral nerves disorders and infections. This comprehensive and conveniently compact book is a perfect user-friendly study tool for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, residents, registrars, fellows, neurosurgeons and physicians who provide healthcare to neurologic patients.

Osama S. Abdelaziz, MBChB, MCh, MD, PhD graduated in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from Alexandria University in Egypt. He earned his master's degree in surgery in 1993 and his doctorate degree in neurosurgery in 2000. Dr Abdelaziz was promoted in the academic career to his current position as a professor of Neurosurgery at Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Egypt. Dr Abdelaziz wrote four neurosurgery book chapters, authored two academic neurosurgery books and published 48 scientific articles, in addition to several presentations and workshops, in the field of neurosurgery. He was awarded the Alexandria University Prize for scientific authorship in 2019 and the Alexandria University Prize for scientific excellence in 2022. Dr Abdelaziz is the associate editor of Alexandria Journal of Medicine (AJM) and a peer reviewer for many scientific journals. He works as an expert evaluator at the European Innovation Council (EIC).