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Gross Anatomy, Cranial and Spine
According to brodmann s map of th...,
According to brodmann s map of th...,
Which of the following brodmann s...
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Vascular Anatomy
Regarding anatomical segments of ...,
Regarding anatomical segments of ...,
The segment of posterior cerebral...
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Neurophysiology and Regional Brain Syndromes
The blood brain barrier is presen...,
According to classical model of l...,
In head injury the blood brain ba...
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Neuroanesthesia
According to the american society...,
Regarding the importance of tempe...,
Co2 is the most potent cerebral v...
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Sodium Homeostasis and Osmolality
According to the classification o...,
Which of the following is an etio...,
Hyponatremia is acute if duration...
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General Neurocritical Care
Labetalol is 1 selective and nons...,
Dopamine has and dopaminergic e e...,
Which of the following is a pure ...
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Sedatives, Paralytics, and Analgesics
Regarding richmond agitation seda...,
Propofol is a sedative hypnotic a...,
Succinylcholine is an ultra short...
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Endocrinology
Regarding routine thyroid hormone...,
What is the mineralocorticoid pot...,
Posterior pituitary hormones adh ...
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Hematology
What is the circulating blood vol...,
Platelets may be store for up to ...,
Recommended transfusion criteria ...
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Neurology for Neurosurgeons
Regarding types of migraine which...,
For idiopathic paralysis agitans ...,
Which of the following is classic...
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Neurovascular Disorders and Neurotoxicology
Other than addressing the underly...,
In crossed cerebellar diaschisis ...,
Which of the following has the le...
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Plain Radiology and Contrast Agents
Which of the following marks the ...,
What is the average normal anteri...,
On cervical spine anteroposterior...
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Imaging and Angiography
Originally axial ct scan slices w...,
A noncontrast ct scan is usually ...,
For ct perfusion to assess cerebr...
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Electrodiagnostics
Bilateral periodic lateralizing e...,
Regarding common eeg rhythms a fr...,
Regarding brainstem auditory evok...
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Primary Intracranial Anomalies
What is the galassi type of a sma...,
Bobble head doll syndrome is repe...,
Excluding suprasellar cysts what ...
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Primary Spinal Developmental Anomalies
Surgical closure of myelomeningoc...,
What is the most common complicat...,
Myelomeningocele most commonly in...
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Primary Craniospinal Anomalies
A 40 year old female patient pres...,
Chiari pseudotumor cerebri syndro...,
A female with obesity presents wi...
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Coma and Coma Scales
A 30 year old male with traumatic...,
A patient admitted in icu for mon...,
Which of the following is usually...
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Brain Death and Organ Donation
Absence of brain stem reflexes is...,
Apnea test is used as a confirmat...,
A patient cannot be declared as b...
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Bacterial Infections of the Parenchyma and Meninges and Complex Infections
A comatose middle aged male was b...,
What is the most common cause of ...,
What is the most common etiology ...
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Skull, Spine, and Postsurgical Infections
The most common organism involved...,
An 8 month old child presented in...,
In most instances of shunt infect...
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Other Nonbacterial Infections
What is the treatment of choice f...,
Herpes simplex encephalitis has a...,
What is the drug of choice for tr...
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Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid csf surrounds...,
What is the most accurate confirm...,
A patient presents with signs of ...
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Hydrocephalus: General Aspects
Hydrocephalus hcp is abnormal acc...,
A 2 month old child presents with...,
Occipital frontal circumference i...
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Treatment of Hydrocephalus
Diuretic therapy may be tried in ...,
A 4 year old child was admitted w...,
What is the most common cause of ...
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Seizures: Classification and Syndromes
A patient was brought to the opd ...,
A patient presented to you with h...,
What is the most common cause of ...
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Antiseizure Medication (ASM)
A patient is on antiepileptic dru...,
What is the dose adjustment of ph...,
What is the parenteral loading do...
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Special Seizure Consideration
What is the most common cause of ...,
Prophylactic antiepileptic drugs ...,
What is the most common cause of ...
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Pain
A 35 year old young woman present...,
A 25 year old young male presente...,
A 60 year old female with history...
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Peripheral Nerves
A 16 year old boy presented to th...,
A 35 year old female is su ering ...,
There are three innervations of t...
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Entrapment Neuropathy
Pick the false statement about en...,
A young female presented with pai...,
A coal mine worker presented with...
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Nonentrapment Peripheral Neuropathies
What is the most common cause for...,
In critical illness polyneuropath...,
Idiopathic brachial plexitis usua...
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Neuro-ophthalmology
A lesion in diencephalon will pre...,
Brun s nystagmus is associated wi...,
Low degree of papilledema with el...
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Neurotology
For treatment of meniere s diseas...,
What is the most common cause of ...,
Which of the following diagnostic...
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Tumor Classification and General Information
In who classification of cns tumo...,
Which of the following is no more...,
According to who 2021 classificat...
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Genetic Tumor Syndromes Involving CNS
The gene locus for von recklinhau...,
A patient presented with six cafe...,
A patient presented with bilatera...
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Adult Diffuse Glioma
Di use gliomas are most common pr...,
Gliomas can spread through csf pa...,
A patient presents in neurosurgic...
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Pediatric Type Diffuse Tumors
A young child presents with seizu...,
A young patient presents with int...,
A young patient presents with sei...
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Circumscribed Astrocytic Gliomas
Pilocytic astrocytomas are the mo...,
All of the following are di erent...,
Which of the following statements...
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Glioneuronal and Neuronal Tumors
An 11 year old boy presents with ...,
Desmoplastic infantile astrocytom...,
What is the most common location ...
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Ependymal Tumors
Supratentorial ependymomas who gr...,
Supratentorial tumors with morpho...,
Supratentorial tumor with morphol...
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Choroid Plexus Tumors
A 2 year old patient presents wit...,
Atypical choroid plexus papilloma...,
Choroid plexus carcinoma is a who...
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Embryonal Tumors
A 4 year old patient presents wit...,
Medulloblastomas which were forme...,
Which statement is incorrect rega...
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Pineal Tumors and Pineal Region Lesions
Pineal region tumors are relative...,
Pineal region tumor in an adult o...,
In order to proceed for the manag...
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Cranial and Paraspinal Nerve Tumors
Schwannoma who grade 1 is a benig...,
A 10 year old patient presents wi...,
A perineuroma is a benign who gra...
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Meningiomas (Intracranial)
A patient presents with a long hi...,
On histopathology a meningioma is...,
The most common locations of meni...
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Mesenchymal, Nonmeningothelial Tumors
A patient presented in neurosurge...,
A patient is found to have tumor ...,
A patient presents with nausea vo...
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Melanocytic Tumors and CNS Germ Cell Tumors
A patient presents to neurosurgic...,
A well developed solid noninfiltr...,
All of the following are included...
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Hematolymphoid Tumors Involving the CNS
A 50 year old patient presents in...,
The essential diagnostic criteria...,
Following are the conditions with...
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Tumors of the Sellar Region
Craniopharyngiomas are thought to...,
Craniopharyngiomas with bimodal a...,
Papillary craniopharyngioma cp co...
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PitNET/Adenomas-Clinical Consideration
Most primary pituitary tumors are...,
Pitnets arise from the six adenoh...,
A pitnet without cell type specif...
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Pituitary Tumors Evaluation
Pituitary tumors can present with...,
Practice guidelines for visual ev...,
Chiasma is located above the sell...
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PitNET/Adenomas—General Management
Prolactinoma is the only pituitar...,
What is the recommended treatment...,
What is the primary treatment mod...
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PitNET/Adenomas—Surgical Management, Outcome, and Recurrence Management
Surgery for pituitary adenomas re...,
What are the indications of trans...,
Which of the following statements...
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Metastasis to the CNS
Cerebral metastases are the most ...,
All of the following tumors sprea...,
A solitary lesion in the posterio...
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Other Tumors, Cysts, and Tumor-Like Lesions
What is the modified kadish grade...,
What is the system used to define...,
Regarding di erences between cran...
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Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome (PTCS)
Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome is a...,
Secondary pseudotumor cerebri is ...,
Which of the following is not inc...
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Tumor and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Skull
Osteoma hemangioma dermoid epider...,
A 55 year old female patient pres...,
Hemangiomas are benign tumors whi...
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Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord
About 15 of primary cns tumors ar...,
Most of the extradural tumors are...,
Intradural extramedullary tumors ...
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Head Trauma: General Information, Grading, and Initial Management
Brain injury from trauma results ...,
A patient is being transferred to...,
A patient with gcs 14 or gcs 15 p...
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Concussion, High Altitude Cerebral Edema, Cerebrovascular Injuries
All of the following are correct ...,
How a patient with concussion inj...,
Di usion tensor imaging functiona...
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Neuromonitoring in Head Trauma
Monro kellie doctrine states that...,
A patient after head trauma prese...,
Following are the indications for...
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Skull Fractures
About 90 of pediatric skull fract...,
Surgery is considered for depress...,
Following are the technical consi...
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Traumatic Hemorrhagic Conditions
A patient presenting with refract...,
Nonoperative management of trauma...,
Incidence of delayed traumatic in...
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Gunshot Wounds and Nonmissile Penetrating Brain Injuries
Primary injury from gunshot wound...,
Secondary injury from gunshot wou...,
Entry gunshot wound is typically ...
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Pediatric Head Injury
The overall mortality for all ped...,
Ct is recommended in a patient be...,
A child with gcs 14 or 15 and nor...
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Head Injury: Long-Term Management, Complications, and Outcome
The risk of developing dvt is 20 ...,
Nutritional replacement should be...,
Isotonic solutions should be used...
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Spine Injuries—General Information, Neurologic Assessment, Whiplash and Sports-Related Injuries, Pediatric Spine Injuries
The ability of the spine under ph...,
Complete spinal cord injury is la...,
Whiplash associated disorder wad ...
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Management of Spinal Cord Injury
The major causes of death in a sp...,
Which of the following are the ma...,
Methylprednisolone for the treatm...
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Occipitoatlantoaxial Injuries
Occipitoatlantal injuries are twi...,
Power s ratio of more than one en...,
A patient presents after blunt tr...
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Subaxial (C3 through C7) Injuries/Fractures
Subaxial cervical spine injury cl...,
Flexion injury acting alone will ...,
In general compromise of anterior...
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Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral Spine Fracture
Denis three column model of spine...,
Minor spinal injuries involve onl...,
Mcafee classification describes s...
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Penetrating Spine Injuries and Long-Term Complications of Spine Injuries
What are the indications for surg...,
Penetrating injuries to neck are ...,
Penetrating injury of neck may ca...
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Low-Back Pain
Conservative treatment for low ba...,
Generalized displacement of disk ...,
Dysfunction of nerve root which m...
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Lumbar Disk Herniation and Radiculopathy
The nerve root en passant is the ...,
Which of the following statements...,
Which of the following signs are ...
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Thoracic Disk Herniation
Thoracic disk herniation constitu...,
Ct should be obtained in cases of...,
Which of the following is a corre...
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Cervical Disk Herniation
Which of the following statements...,
Evaluation for radiculopathy incl...,
Over 90 of patients with acute ce...
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Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease and Cervical Myelopathy
Cervical spinal spondylosis usual...,
In case of myelopathy the histolo...,
Cervical spondylosis is the most ...
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Spine Measurements
Scoliosis is defined as lateral c...,
Cobb angle can be measured betwee...,
The absolute value of lumbar spin...
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Idiopathic Scoliosis
Scoliosis is defined as lateral c...,
Patients with idiopathic scoliosi...,
Reduced growth in areas of compre...
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Lumbar and Thoracic Degenerative Disk Disease
Degenerative disk disease in lumb...,
Lumbar spinal stenosis is most co...,
Lateral recess is the gutter alon...
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Adult Spinal Deformity and Degenerative Scoliosis
A patient presents with backache ...,
Srs schwab classification of adul...,
Treatment options for adult degen...
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Special Conditions Affecting Spine
A patient presents with pain in t...,
A patient presents to neurosurgic...,
The most common surgical interven...
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Special Conditions Affecting the Spinal Cord
Which of the following is include...,
Which of the following is incorre...,
Which of the following statements...
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Aneurysm—Introduction, Grading, and Special Conditions
Trauma is the most common cause o...,
Etiologies of subarachnoid hemorr...,
A patient presents with sudden on...
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Critical Care of Aneurysm Patients
Initial management concerns after...,
Methods that may be used to augme...,
Arrythmias may occur after aneury...
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SAH from Cerebral Aneurysm Rupture
Aneurysms tend to arise in areas ...,
Saccular aneurysms most commonly ...,
Intraventricular hemorrhage occur...
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Aneurysm Type by Location
Following statements are correct ...,
Surgical approaches for acoma inc...,
Gyrus rectus resection can be don...
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Special Aneurysms and Nonaneurysmal SAH
Which of the following are the fa...,
Following are the components of p...,
Following are recommended managem...
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Vascular Malformations
Arteriovenous malformations avms ...,
What is the most common presentat...,
About 7 of patients with avm have...
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Angiographically Occult Vascular Malformations
Angiographically occult cryptic v...,
Angiographically occult vascular ...,
Osler weber rendu syndrome also k...
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Stroke—General Information and Physiology
Following statements are correct ...,
The e ects of ica stenosis occlus...,
A patient presents with expressiv...
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Evaluation and Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
In case of acute stroke treatment...,
Following are included in the nih...,
Which of the following statements...
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Cerebral Arterial Dissections and Moyamoya Disease
Following statements are correct ...,
The lesion common to all dissecti...,
Cerebral arterial dissection may ...
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Other Vascular Occlusive Conditions
What are the patterns of stroke w...,
Intra arterial thrombolysis withi...,
A patient presents with symptoms ...
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Older Adults
Which of the following are the ri...,
Common arterial feeders of ich in...,
Lobar hemorrhages are more common...
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ICH in Young Adults and Pediatrics
What is the most common cause of ...,
Intracerebral hemorrhage of the n...,
The metabolically active germinal...
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Outcome Assessment
A 60 year old patient is known ca...,
A 40 year old patient had road tr...,
If a patient is having severe dis...
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Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding—Intracranial
The di erential diagnosis of a so...,
Phaces syndrome acronym for a gro...,
Di erentiating feature of medullo...
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Differential Diagnosis by Location or Radiographic Finding—Spine
Atlantoaxial subluxation in rheum...,
Fractures due to metastatic invol...,
Criteria for vertebra plana inclu...
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Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms—Primarily Intracranial
What is the most common cause of ...,
Most of transient ischemic attack...,
Wide base gait is defined as gait...
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Differential Diagnosis (DDx) by Signs and Symptoms—Primarily Spine and Other
Which one of the following does n...,
A 17 year old male patient presen...,
All are signs of als except a it ...
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Intraoperative Dyes, OR Equipment, Surgical Hemostasis, and Bone Extenders
Owing to risk of developing parap...,
For children below 3 years of age...,
Microfibrillar collagen promotes ...
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Craniotomies—General Information and Cortical Mapping
Intraoperative brain swelling eti...,
What is the last life saving meas...,
Cranioplasty following posterior ...
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Posterior Fossa Craniotomies
Advantages of sitting position fo...,
Air embolism is suspected in any ...,
Lateral oblique position is also ...
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Supratentorial Craniotomies
Which of the following is not an ...,
What is the head rotation require...,
What must be linear incision for ...
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Approaches to the Lateral and Third Ventricles, Decompressive Craniectomies, and Cranioplasty
Which of following approaches to ...,
Which approach is preferred for t...,
What are the parameters for crani...
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Spine—Cervical
What is the percentage of patient...,
Transoral approach for odontoidec...,
What is the range of motion reduc...
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Spine—Thoracic and Lumbar
For anterior access to midthoraci...,
Screws for smaller pedicles usual...,
Which of the following is not an ...
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Miscellaneous Surgical Procedures
What should be the size of spinal...,
To drain subdural collections and...,
Which of following is not conside...
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Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
What is the desirable level of pl...,
Which of following is not include...,
If tremor is predominant symptom ...
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Neurovascular Compression Syndromes
Which of the following vessels is...,
What is the treatment of status t...,
In which of the following trigemi...
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Pain Procedures
For unilateral pain in head face ...,
The success of cordotomy is known...,
Which of following is considered ...
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Seizure Surgery
Region of cortex produces interic...,
What surgical procedure is recomm...,
Resection of 6 to 7 cm of tempora...
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Radiation Therapy (XRT)
Cns tumors that are very radiosen...,
For most metastatic spine tumors ...,
For acute spinal cord paralysis f...
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Endovascular Neurosurgery
What is evaluation of flow throug...,
Reversal of aspirin can be achiev...,
According to weight based protoco...
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