Fourth version of the guide Ramamurthi and Tandon Textbook of Neurosurgery launched in Chennai

The fourth version of the guide ‘Ramamurthi and Tandon Textbook of Neurosurgery’ was launched at The Voluntary Health Services Multi Specialty Hospital and Research Centre in Chennai on Saturday (October 11, 2025).

P.N. Tandon, Emeritus Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, who spoke just about recollected how the Neurological Society of India was first began. “In 1951, on the initiation of Dr Jacob Chandy, Dr Ramamurthi, Dr Baldev Singh and Dr S T Narasimhan met and determined to start out the society,” he stated.

Dr Tandon famous that the primary version of the guide edited by him and neurosurgeon B. Ramamurthi was introduced out in 1978, with 19 chapters. Following that in 1996, they got here out with the second version of this guide with 111 chapters. “By this time, the entire situation of neurosurgery had modified. The guide needed to be revised and added to,” he stated.

The third version revealed in 2012 has 212 chapters and the editors are Dr Tandon and Ravi Ramamurthi, consulting editor, Emeritus head of division, Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, Dr A. Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre, VHS Hospital.

The fourth version which was launched on Saturday (October 11) has 309 chapters. “From 19 chapters within the first version to 309 chapters now. This displays the modifications which have taken place within the discipline,” Dr Tandon stated. For the fourth version, the editors are Dr Tandon and Dr Ravi Ramamurthi and the consulting editors are Dr Behari, Dr Vasudevan, Dr Pande and Dr Chandra.

Dr Ravi Ramamurthi, stated, “I hope this guide has an extension, possibly, after 7-8 years as a result of by that point there will likely be an explosion of knowledge.” P. Sarat Chandra, head of division, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, spoke in regards to the worth of books in at this time’s age, as a result of many don’t learn books anymore.

“They simply go to ChatGPT. So, the query comes, is there any relevance of books in at this time’s age, particularly with AI developing in an enormous means. But this query fades and disappears as we progress with the guide. It has been created by the hardened expertise of so lots of the authors with a legacy of founders of neurosurgery in our nation. We want a legacy, a route which binds us to the textbooks once we study neurosurgery. You can’t simply study it via AI,” he added.

Anil Pande, senior advisor neurosurgeon, VHS Multi Specialty Hospital and Research Institute and Apollo Specialty Hospitals, Chennai additionally spoke in the course of the event.

Photo: B Velankanni Raj