Pretty good book, and cheap too! | Neuroradiology: the Requisites | Robert I., Md. Grossman, David M., M.D....

too damn long | Neuroradiology: the Requisites | Robert I., Md. Grossman, David M., M.D. Yousem

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	• Neuroradiology: the Requisites Robert I., Md. Grossman, David M., M.D. Yousem C.V. Mosby, 1994 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Recommended

The best introductory book about Neuroradiology today.
The pictures are of great quality.
I think it is better than the old Osborn Diagnostic Neuroradiology.
Recommended.

Pretty good book, and cheap too!

"Whew! It is never over. This book has been a pustule on our rear for so long. I will never write a third edition - you can bet the estate on it. So yes, David, you can be the first author of the third edition. ...."

So begins the introduction by Robert Grossman to this second edition of "Neuroradiology: The Requisites".

It is a bit strange to see so many bad jokes and bad poems and such blunt Asperger syndrome-type language in what should be a dry and scholarly textbook for serious professionals, but at least the book is never boring. RIG and DMY manage to skewer surgeons, lawyers, HMOs, FMGs, other radiologists, their wives, each other, and most of all, Bill and Hilary Clinton, while educating us all about the essence of Neuroradiology. Strangely enough, the words "George Bush" are completely absent from this book - one wonders because the authors work hard to be equal opportunity jokesters, and DMY states in the book that he is a liberal Democrat. But then, remember that this book was finished right around the time that the War in Iraq Part Deux was getting started, a time when people were getting death threats just for even wondering out loud - "Gee what if Saddam doesn't have any WMDs?" I do get a distinct feeling that both these guys were probably in favor of regime change in Iraq in any case.

(For all you young, liberal Democrat, whippersnapper Radiology residents out there, basking in your multiple job offers, let me explain that Bill and Hilary will forever live in a very hot and dark place in the memories of older Radiologists for creating the last big Down cycle in our field, the Great Job Depression of 1994-1998. In one of his first major policy speeches on health care reform, Bill Clinton singled out the MRI scanner as a prime example of how expensive and wasteful healthcare in the US had become. Subsequently, the volume of MRI scans nationwide shot downward, MR centers closed right and left, and radiology jobs disappeared. In the fall of 1995, there were only four full time radiology job openings in the entire state of California advertised in the ACR Professional Bureau.............Never Forget! Never Forgive!)

This book is more than enough for the Radiology resident studying to take the Radiology Boards. That's what it was designed for. It is also a great book for the old farts in private practice to review and get updated on the latest stuff.

Being an old fart in private practice, I read this book to study for the Maintenance of Certificate (MOC) exam for the Neuroradiology CAQ. I passed, but I'm pretty sure they graded on a curve, because that was one heck of a hard test, way harder than the original Neuro CAQ. Good thing I also scanned through Ann Osborne's "Diagnostic Imaging: Brain"; plus I paged through Som and Curtin's two volume "Head and Neck Imaging" book on CD. Both texts were also useful for the MOC.

Ah, what the heck, they probably passed everybody .......don't let me scare you, go ahead and take the MOC....

The only criticism that I have for this book is that a few of the illustrations are just awful, really poor transfers from the original. The authors do acknowledge this problem in the introduction. Plus, for some interesting entities there are no images, whereas for some relatively common things (at least in private practice, possibly these are extremely rare in academia?) like synovial cysts of the lumbar spine, there are, what, some FIFTEEN images?! Like, I have NEVER seen a synovial cyst before, please show me more examples!

But then again, there were a series of questions about synovial cysts of the lumbar spine on the MOC exam. So, kudos, for a job well done!

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too damn long

This book strays a lot on main pertinent findings and tends to ramble. There is TOOOOOOOO much information at times. The next edition is suppose to be cleaned up quite a bit. Otherwise its a decent book.

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Sí, pero No. Le falta bastante....

Cuando un Radiólogo ( no neuroradiólogo ) ocupado necesita revisar un texto de Neuroradiología para resolver un caso o revisar un capítulo determinado de la patología, creo que se puede afirmar rotundamente que buscará una fuente que:
1. Exponga con rigor y actualización el estado actual del conocimiento de la materia, sin información supreflua y con una organización atractiva y fácil de digerir.
2. Ilustre iconográficamente el topic e forma apropiada, con profusión y calidad de ejemplos.
3. Aporte orientaciones prácticas ( protocolos, algoritmos diagnósticos, diagnósticos diferenciales ilustados etc).

El texto que nos ocupa creo que cumple adecuadamente con el primer punto ( aunque prefiero otros como el clásico de Anne Osborn), cumple mal con el segundo( ilustraciones escasas y en algunos casos de muy baja calidad) siendo en este sentido totalmente superado incluso por textos más antiguos como el Kirkwood y absolutamente arrasado por la oferta de Amirsys; por otro lado, cumple discretamente con el tercer punto.

He leido el texto y diría que es aceptablemente bueno pero si me piden consejó, recomendaría la lectura del clásico de la profesora Americana acompañado de su excelente libro del proyecto Amirsys. Por supuesto, esto hace necesario gastar más dinero....

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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Requisites Series. Practical reference for radiology residents and fellows. Core material for residents beginning subspecialty training. Halftone illustrations.

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