If you were an intern with $500 of book money, (and you have a Greenberg, Duus, Rhoton and Requisites of Neuroradiology)…

Osborn’s Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography

it never hurts to invest in some board review books.

Kenny Liu - 17 September 2006 12:42 AM

it never hurts to invest in some board review books.

are the board review books useful for a medical students or are they too in-depth?

any good ‘textbook’ type books that are recommended for 3rd/4th year students serious about neurosurgery but that does not cost an arm and a leg?

is the new (6th) edition of greenberg worth it if i have 5th edition? the price went down to $62 on amazon.

don’t know about the greenberg (i still use the edition with two volumes), but the review books shouldn’t be too bad for med students.  they’re all fairly dense, but it doesn’t hurt to expose yourself to the material early.

i think grossman has a 1 volume textbook of neurosurgery that is a quick read and good for students.

hope this helps.

How about a Caputy and Fossett Operative Atlas?  About $200.  Good for intro to the OR.

Kenny Liu - 06 October 2006 11:38 AM

don’t know about the greenberg (i still use the edition with two volumes), but the review books shouldn’t be too bad for med students.  they’re all fairly dense, but it doesn’t hurt to expose yourself to the material early.

i think grossman has a 1 volume textbook of neurosurgery that is a quick read and good for students.

hope this helps.

which would you recommend:

Principles of Neurosurgery by Rengachary (~$200)

or

Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Review by Citow (~$100)

heh, both are essential, i think, although citow’s book is becoming increasingly outdated.  (the info is still good, but there’s new stuff that’s not in the book.)

for something readable, get rengachary.  you’re going to need citow at some point, too, but it’s not very readable and probably only useful when you’ve got some neurosurgery under your belt. (it’s quite dense.) there’s a lesser known board review book by moore and psarros (the definitive neurological surgery board review) that is much more readable.  you may find that this is the book you’re looking for.

sorry, this post wasn’t very helpful.

the operative neurosurgery atlas mentioned above (caputy/fossett) is great, as well.

one thing i found useful was to leaf through these books in the bookstore or library to get a sense as to whether they’d be helpful for me or not.

I recently purchased the Colen Flash-Review: Neurosurgery board review cards.  Hubbs loves them!  They fit in his coat.  Also, it’s much easier to read a card here and there than to get bogged down in a text. 
The 2nd edition set was around $200 on Amazon.  It covers surg,path,rad, bio, and ncc.