Neurosurgery

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Background information on Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases amenable to mechanical intervention.

Neurosurgeons undergo a rigorous training program consisting of 6-7 years post-graduate study after medical school. This field of medicine is considered to be one of the most difficult and therefore one of the most prestigious.

Neurosurgical conditions include primarily brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve disorders.

Conditions treated by neurosurgeons include:
  • Lumbar disc herniation
  • Cervical disc herniation
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Head trauma (brain hemorrhages, skull fractures, etc.)
  • Spinal cord trauma
  • Traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves
  • Brain tumors
  • Tumors of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
  • Cerebral aneurysms
  • some forms of hemmorrhagic stroke, such as subarachnoid hemorrhages, as well as intraparenchymal and intraventricular hemorrhages
  • Some forms of epilepsy
  • Some forms of movement disorders (advanced Parkinson's disease, chorea, hemiballism) - this involves the use of specially developed minimally invasive stereotactic techniques (functional, stereotactic neurosurgery)
  • Malformations of the nervous system
From Wikipedia
News Articles on Neurosurgery



Long Term Care ; Management / Administration ; Neurosurgery ...  -  05 Apr 2008
ADVANCE,Eden Medical Center, a 387-bed, not-for-profit medical center with approximately 1900 employees at our two campuses, provides Southern Alameda County with

Minister’s tribute to Afghan medics  -  05 Apr 2008
Liverpool Daily Post,The scheme, Sponsored Reservists, would allow NHS staff with key skills, such as neurosurgery, to be deployed for a short period of time without having to

Tawam Hospital aims to boost UAE healthcare services  -  05 Apr 2008
AME Info (press release),...intensive care, neurosurgery, paediatrics, a cardiac center, the national center for cancer registry, and the newest and largest blood bank in the UAE.

Olympic ride for Phinney sealed  -  05 Apr 2008
Daily Camera,..."Everything went very well, very, very well," said Dr. Jaimie Henderson, the director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Stanford and Phinney's

Dr. Bakhtiar Ishtiaq  -  05 Apr 2008
The Saturday Post,National hospital boasts of a good neurosurgery program while FMH has the best trained pediatric emergency department staff. (That last bit was a little

INTERACT: Aggressive BP Lowering Reduces Hematoma Growth in ICH  -  05 Apr 2008
Medscape (subscription)...at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference in New Orleans and reported by Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery at that time.

Alert on mobile risk to children  -  05 Apr 2008
South China Morning Post (subscription),...a specialist at Canberra Hospital and associate professor of neurosurgery at the Australian National University's medical school.

Pioneering Heart Surgeon, Robert E. Michler, MD, Appointed Chair ...  -  05 Apr 2008
StreetInsider.com (subscription),...neurology and neurosurgery, adolescent and family medicine, HIV/AIDS and social and environmental medicine, among many other specialties.

Pilots: CBS Leads For Matthew Lillard, Will Kemp  -  05 Apr 2008
Zap2it.comThe actor, whose credits also include "Band of Brothers" and "Significant Others," will play a chief resident in "Can Openers," the neurosurgery drama

Low Levels of Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein in Growth Hormone ...  -  05 Apr 2008
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,N-0027 Oslo, Norway; and Section of Endocrinology (SLF, JB), and Departments of Radiology (JKH) and Neurosurgery (JR-P.), Rikshospitalet Medical Centre,

Selective Loss of Somatostatin Receptor 2 in Octreotide-Resistant ...  -  05 Apr 2008
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Germany; Institute of Pathology (WS), Marien Krankenhaus, 22087 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery (MB), Friedrich-Alexander University,

The act of dying  -  05 Apr 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,And who would want to read a book that, with all its other themes - the brain and mind, neurosurgery and music, medical politics and religion, ambition and

Anger over North-South health plan  -  Mar 30, 2008
ic Wales,But proposals to provide all adult neurosurgery services within Wales would see patients who would have been treated in Liverpool having to travel up to six

UPMC Company Profile | Company Information  -  Apr 4, 2008
Pittsburgh Business Times,...internationally renowned centers in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation, geriatrics, and women’s health, among others.

Plan to send NHS specialists to Iraq  -  Apr 4, 2008
ePolitix,The move is intended to improve services for intensive care, emergency medicine and neurosurgery in areas where there is particular need.

NSW patients malnourished: dieticians  -  Apr 1, 2008
The Age,He read a letter from a former Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) who resigned two months before Vanessa's death.

Two-day International Neurosurgery Conference at Health Science ...  -  Mar 26, 2008
Times of Oman,The ministry, represented by the neurosurgery department at Khoula Hospital, is organising the event in cooperation with the Omani Neurosurgery Association

Integra Foundation Awards Grant to Association of Perioperative ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),The Integra Foundation is dedicated to advancing innovative medical and healthcare research and education, primarily in the areas of neurosurgery,

Epilepsy Foundation Honors Bill Lockwood  -  Apr 3, 2008
Garden City News,Others being honored at the Carlyle on the Green on April 18 are: Thomas H. Milharat, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery, North Shore-LIJ Health System the 2008

World Class Neurosurgery Group Expands to Forest Hills, NY  -  Mar 27, 2008
Emediawire (press release),Neurological Surgery, PC announced today that it has opened an office in Forest Hills, NY, adding to its offices in Rockville Centre, Great Neck, Commack,

Spinal center opens today  -  Apr 1, 2008
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer,Adams will transition from heading his own neurosurgery practice to becoming a St. Francis employee. As a neurosurgeon, he deals mainly with nerves and the

Federal Center of Neurosurgery to be Commissioned by Year-end in ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Financial Information Service(Registration),.../FIS/ RUR2.5 billion will be allocated by budgets of all levels into the construction of a federal neurosurgery center in Novosibirsk.

System president names chancellor seach committee for LSUHSC ...  -  Apr 2, 2008
LSU The Reveille,Dr. Anil Nanda, professor and department of neurosurgery chair, was named as chair of the search committee. "I am delighted to be part of this energetic

Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence  -  Mar 28, 2008
Washington Post,...believed to be the first to document a link between aneurysm recurrence and smoking -- was published in the April issue of theJournal of Neurosurgery.

Bias suit rips Brigham surgical chief  -  Mar 27, 2008
Boston Globe,Sworn statements from four employees who worked with the chief of neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital paint a picture of "an old boys' network that

Greenwich surgeon to discuss chronic knee pain, prevention  -  Mar 31, 2008
Greenwich Post,That's why orthopaedic surgeon Dr. James Cunningham of Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists and Greenwich Hospital will present, "The Aging Knee:

Plan forged to stop tide of critically ill going to US  -  Mar 7, 2008
Globe and Mail,The recommendations are part of an action plan developed by a government-appointed neurosurgery expert panel following a special, 90-minute meeting

Two-headed baby hailed as divine  -  Apr 1, 2008
United Press International...of life would be with or without reconstructive surgery," said Jorge Lazareff, director of pediatric neurosurgery at UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles.

Smokers Treated For Brain Aneurysm With Coils At Higher Risk Of ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
Science Daily (press release)In a paper published in the April issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery, researchers found there was an increased risk of recanalization (re-opening),

Radiography facility at hospital soon  -  Mar 28, 2008
Khaleej Times,By our correspondent MUSCAT - The neurosurgery department at the Khoula Hospital here will soon have radiography treatment facilities, a key Health Ministry

Mobile phones riskier than smoking  -  Mar 31, 2008
Food Consumer,Dr. Khurana, staff specialist neurosurgeon at The Canberra Hospital and associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Australian National University Medical School

Maine doctor to pay $1.9 million for botched surgery in New York  -  Mar 25, 2008
Boston Globe,Ho is part of New England Neurosurgery in Lewiston and has full privileges at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center and limited privileges at Central Maine

Cerebral aneurysm patients offered new surgical treatment  -  Mar 31, 2008
Chicago Flame Online (subscription),Dr. Fady Charbel, professor and head of the Neurosurgery Department at UIC Medical Center, described an aneurysm with a bubblegum analogy: "Imagine you're

Neurosurgeon enjoys his life, career in NEPA  -  Mar 24, 2008
The Citizen's Voice,...“Neurosurgery just drew me in. And it’sa privilege to be able to work on people and make a difference in their life.� Cantando, 35, is a neurosurgeon at

The Nip/Tuck Effect  -  Mar 19, 2008
Guardian,...to choose fields like dermatology over higher-risk specialties like neurosurgery and obstetrics/gynaecology, it's odd that Singer wouldn't even bring it up.

India's Sun Pharma gets FDA nod for generic Cerebyx  -  Mar 19, 2008
ReutersN: Quote, Profile, Research) Cerebyx, is indicated in the control of certain types of convulsions and for seizures during neurosurgery, Sun said in a

Car Accidents Cause Herniated Disc  -  Mar 24, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,According to a medical journal from the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch, injuries are a frequent cause of disc herniations.

Brain surgeon with big heart gives free ops to cops  -  Mar 17, 2008
New York Daily News,Dr. Patrick Kelly, a professor of neurosurgery at NYU Medical Center, operates on police officers free of charge. As a professor of neurosurgery at NYU

Doctor educates group on migraines  -  Mar 27, 2008
The Casper Star Tribune,Zondag, a physician with Central Wyoming Neurosurgery, said migraines affect about 15 percent of the population, including about 10 people listening to his

CHK to make space for Accidents & Emergency Centre  -  Mar 26, 2008
The News - International,By By our correspondent The relocation of the neurosurgery and the ophthalmology wards at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) to make space for the “Accidents

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. Announces Plans to File ...  -  Apr 4, 2008
Earthtimes,...the United States Department of Defense to M. Ross Bullock, MD, Ph.D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery.

Experts Weigh in On US Government's Vaccine Injury Ruling  -  Mar 14, 2008
Medscape (subscription)..."This is a unique set of circumstances that should not be extrapolated to the rest of the population," Dr. Bregman told Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery.

CONMED Corporation To Announce First Quarter 2008 Financial ...  -  Apr 4, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology use our medical

Father credited for acquittal in baby's death  -  Apr 4, 2008
Toronto Star,One of the papers he found was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery in 1987. The seminal study, which was led by Ann-Christine Duhaime from the

Are NB health reforms unfair?  -  Apr 3, 2008
Times and Transcript,Authority B has three cardiac lab, a cardiac surgery centre, two neurosurgery centres, a child psychiatry unit, two burn units, two trauma centres,

Univ. researchers win $5.6M for stem-cell projects  -  Apr 4, 2008
Yale Daily News,...which received $1.8 million to expand its resources; a research team led by Eugene Redmond, professor of psychiatry and neurosurgery, which received

Wyoming Medical Center chief promises stability, focus on patient care  -  Mar 8, 2008
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,We've heard the hospital has lost upwards of 30 plus nurses to the neurosurgery hospital and the rehab hospital. Is that true? And how are you handling that

New Reference for Managing Pediatric Spine Disorders and Disease  -  Mar 17, 2008
PR.com (press release),Additional highlights include clinical insights from prominent experts in the fields of neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, and orthopedics.

Cambridge Who's Who  -  Mar 16, 2008
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)Ms. Hagerman has honed an expertise in managing several different medical specialties including neurosurgery, urology, gynecology, internal medicine,

Helping hand for hospitals  -  Mar 23, 2008
Oxford Mail,Radcliffe Hospital cardiac department, to diagnose sleep disorders, and a hand-held nerve stimulator for pain relief in the neurosurgery department.



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