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01-08-2018 | Book Review
Knut Wester (ed.): Arachnoid cysts
Vol 1–2, Academic Press/Elsevier, 2018 (ISBN: 978-0-12-809932-2)
Author:
Marianne Juhler
Published in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Issue 8/2018
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Excerpt
The Norwegian neurosurgeon Knut Wester is internationally recognized for dedicating a large part of his long clinical and academic career to the treatment and study of arachnoid cysts. The preface in the book makes a clear statement of the need for a textbook dealing extensively with this subject: “this is the first textbook in English ever on arachnoid cysts (ACs). Considering the fact that AC is the most common intracranial expansive condition in the general population, this absence of comprehensive literature is striking.” …