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- Has been conducted for thousands of years for medical and religious purposes
- Hippocrates, often called the father of medicine, was a pioneer in neurosurgery and performed it in 400-300 B.C in Greece
- Developed into a specialty in the 19th Century because of greater understanding of the anatomy of the brain and nervous system
- Brain surgery today is more successful than a few years ago, due to technological advancements such as CT scan and MRI
- The majority of neurosurgeries are performed in the spine
- Brain surgery is the most complicated procedure in neurosurgery
- Most brain surgeries are performed due to brain tumors
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Purposes of Neurosurgery
Some problems that neurosurgeons treat are injuries to the spine, peripheral nervous system or brain, tumors, stroke, aneurysms, Parkinson's Disease and epilepsy | How to Become a Doctor

