Neurosurgery

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

cerebrospinal fluid shunt

See for

brain surgery

Broader Terms

surgery

Narrower Terms

brain stem transection, cerebrovascular surgery, denervation, experimental brain lesion, hemispherectomy, laminectomy, nerve decompression, nervous system transplantation, psychosurgery, spinal cord surgery, split brain, stereotaxic technique, sympathectomy, vagotomy

Related Terms

nervous system disorder therapy

Scope Note

procedures performed on the nervous system, used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities; includes excision of portions of the nervous system; see NTs for specifics.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Neurosurgery is one of 16 clinical departments at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical center, composed of 12 attending neurosurgeons in academic private practice, doing over 2000 operations per year.
• Image guided Neurosurgery is state-of-the-art.
• The Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery is located at B.
• Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Augusta, GeorgiaNeurosurgery is the surgical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment and of disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and spinal column.
• McEwan is fascinated that neurosurgery is essentially plumbing when its object is brilliant circuitry.

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