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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80:1092 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL NERVE PROBLEMS. ED. 2. Edited by George E. Omer, Jr., Morton Spinner, and Allen L. Van Beeks; illustrated by Miguel A. Pirela-Cruz. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders, 1998. $185.00, 795 pp.

James T. Goodrich, M.D., Ph.D.

When the first edition of this work was published in 1980, it became an immediate classic. It took another eighteen years and the addition of another editor before this long-overdue second edition was produced. The book is surprisingly massive considering that its subject is not one that would be expected to generate this much detail. With seventy-three chapters and more than 100 authors, it seems implausible that any topic has been missed. The contributors represent a "Who's Who" of peripheral nerve surgeons and specialists; this large collection of superb talent includes orthopaedists, neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, radiologists, and basic scientists. The inclusion of a photograph of each author was a nice touch.

The format of the text is quite practical. Part I begins with an historical introduction by Omer, followed by a discussion of past, present, and future problems related to peripheral nerve surgery. Part II deals with the diagnostic workup . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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