Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation

A second edition in three years is sufficient testimony to the value of this outstanding book which is an essential work of reference for all who have to deal with peripheral nerve injuries.The revision includes more modern methods of electrodiagnosis but omits important data on the use of conduction studies for prognosis and monitoring of recovery, and of electromyography in detecting anomalous innervation, trick movements and aberrant regeneration.Modem immunology is just beginning to influence the use of homografts.Entrapment syndromes receive a wider coverage but important 'medical' causes are omitted.The new knowledge about tourniquet paralysis receives only passing reference.These points may indicate the desirability of greater cooperation between orthopaedic surgeon, physician, and clinical physiologist to increase diagnostic precision.For the management of nerve injuries there is no better guide than this splendid book, because the author has the courage to describe his own doubts or occasional errors, so that this is more than a survey of recent publications.It is the recorded experience of the most distinguished surgeon in this field.