Viktor's Notes – Frontmatter

Viktor‘s Notes for the Neurosurgery Resident ISSN 2029-2538

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– designed for doctors in training (primarily neurosurgery residents) who need fast information retrieval

	Kaunas University of Medicine, Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine (Lithuania)
	University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto Western Research Institute (Canada)
	University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago, Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (U.S.A.)
	Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, VCU Medical Center, Harold F. Young Neurosurgical Center (U.S.A.)

Medical Advisors

Antanas Gvazdaitis, MD, PhD

President of Lithuanian Neurosurgical Society; Assoc. Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at Klaipeda University Hospital (Lithuania)

– Medical Advisor for the chapter "Vascular Disorders of Nervous System"

Laimutis Kalasauskas, MD, PhD

Secretary of Lithuanian Neurosurgical Society; Staff Neurosurgeon, Clinic of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine (Lithuania)

– Medical Advisor for the article "Subdural Hygroma"

Tomas Perkauskas, MD

Staff Urologist, Department of Urology at Klaipeda County Hospital (Lithuania)

– Medical Advisor for the articles "Neurogenic Bladder" and "Urinary Incontinence"

Medical Fields

Viktor’s Notessm for the Neurosurgery Resident include the following medical fields:

1. Neurosurgery

2. Neurology

3. Ophthalmology

4. Otology

5. Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

6. Basic Sciences (anatomy, histology, physiology, embryology) of Nervous System, Ear, and Eye.

7. Selected Relevant Topics from Other Medical Fields (e.g., diabetic neurology, neurologic aspects of AIDS, neurogenic bladder, surgical infection, hemostatic agents in surgery, hypertensive encephalopathy, coronary artery disease, pituitary disorders).

If you feel that additional topics could be important for the neurosurgery resident and thus should be included into Viktor’s Notessm for the Neurosurgery Resident, then please do the following:

1) check if the topic is not already in the chapter “Other Relevant Topics” >>

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Viktor’s Notessm are not intended to compete with well known and time honored book titles which are indicated in the Bibliography section of each chapter. In fact, one of the goals of this web site is to help to locate the original sources; therefore, the Editor sincerely encourages readers to use these books >> to further expand their knowledge in the areas of their individual interests.

Updated: March 22, 2011