Uncovering the Mysteries of Neurosurgery: A Collection of Stories from the Operating Room

ama: Having never needed the services of a Neurosurgeon this interested me as to how they are trained and what do they treat. The author starts the book with how he ended up choosing this field or how he just sorted ended up in the field. He explains all of the different things that can go wrong with our brains. It was informative on how our brains work. He also brings in the human aspect of the field by describing patients their condition and the treatments used and the results of that treatment. He also describes all of the personalities of the others involved in this field of medicine and the other areas that they interact with.

United States on Feb 01, 2024

jackiestone24: This author writes everything well! I love all of his books, especially this one. His stories are very entertaining.

United States on Jan 19, 2024

amba: A fascinating insight into the nervous system, what goes wrong, how amazing it is that it works as well as it does so much of the time, the practice of medicine, the psycho-emotional aspects, UK versus USA.
Perhaps not for the squeamish. He goes into quite a bit of gory detail in places.

United Kingdom on Jan 05, 2024

Nancy H. Wehunt: A great perspective in the training and understanding it takes to get through brain surgery training to the reality of practicing.

United States on Dec 13, 2023

N Morris: This book is incredibly interesting about the brain, brain surgery and the human aspects of being both patient and surgeon. Well written too

Canada on Nov 09, 2023

Amazon Customer: Real intriguing stories of a young brain surgeon. All about life and death. The struggle, challenge, personal growth and medical knowledge all put together. Hard to put down. Thanks Frank.

Jonathan

United States on Oct 09, 2023

Andrea P: Ottimo libro, descrive quello che ogni medico in formazione in neurochirurgia vive durante gli anni di specialità. Sicuramente da consigliare

Italy on Jan 22, 2021

Kindle Customer: Highly recommend

Australia on Sep 12, 2020

Lalit Bijlani: I guess you need some medical knowledge to enjoy this book. However it's essentially about people and their reactions to life threatening diseases. It's a realistic book so please don't read it expecting miraculous recoveries....that's not the way life works...read it to understand the efforts and often futile ones made by surgeons in their fight to save a life!!

India on Sep 14, 2017

C. Middleton: The history of neurosurgery is a fascinating one, however, even more interesting is to see how it has developed over the last century since, for example, the legendary Dr. Harvey Cushing forged the techniques of brain surgery over seventy years ago. `When the Air Hits Your Brain - Tales of Neurosurgery' is a compelling collection of tales written with erudition and sensitivity with at times gruesome detail of brain operations that sometimes were successful and other times not. As Dr. Vertosick proposes in his introduction, that, for the most part, a surgeon learns more from the failures than the successes; therefore most of the stories within are tragedies - failures that paved the way to future successes. For those interested in the world of neurosurgery, this book should more than satisfy as it covers a vast array of different cases as well as the general ambience and culture of this very specialized profession.

The author begins his tale as a burgeoning medical student, internship, ending with his last year as Chief Resident. Interestingly, his last year, from his perspective was his worst. He explains that being a Chief Resident is a precarious position, because you...

United States on Jan 10, 2006