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Book review
Neurosurgical Aspects of Pregnancy
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Neurosurgical Aspects of Pregnancy.Neurological Topics Series. Edited by c loftus. (Pp 255.) Published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge, ILL. 1996. ISBN 1-879284-36-7.
Pregnancy is a condition encountered infrequently in neurosurgical practice and yet it complicates many facets of patient management, including investigation, drug therapy, anaesthesia, and surgery. As such, clinicians may be unfamiliar with the most appropriate way to manage the condition, nor able to counsel the patient fully as to the precise risk both to the foetus and herself. Although this information is …