Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neurological assessment and examination -- Neurosurgical investigations -- Raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus -- Head injuries -- Traumatic intracranial haematomas -- Brain tumours -- Benign brain tumours -- Pituitary tumours -- Subarachnoid haemorrhage -- Stroke / Stephen M. Davis -- Developmental abnormalities -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Low back pain and leg pain -- Cervical disc disease and cervical spondylosis -- Spinal cord compression -- Spinal injuries -- Peripheral nerve entrapments, injuries and tumours -- Facial pain and hemifacial spasm -- Pain: neurosurgical management -- Movement disorders: neurosurgical aspects -- Epilepsy and its neurosurgical aspects / Christine Kilpatrick.