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• The term neurosurgery refers to the field of medicine focused on the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, disorders and diseases in the brain, peripheral nerves, spinal cord and spinal column. A physician who specializes is neurosurgery is called a neurosurgeon.

• Fast Facts

  1. Has been conducted for thousands of years for medical and religious purposes
  2. Hippocrates, often called the father of medicine, was a pioneer in neurosurgery and performed it in 400-300 B.C in Greece
  3. Developed into a specialty in the 19th Century because of greater understanding of the anatomy of the brain and nervous system
  4. Brain surgery today is more successful than a few years ago, due to technological advancements such as CT scan and MRI
  5. The majority of neurosurgeries are performed in the spine
  6. Brain surgery is the most complicated procedure in neurosurgery
  7. Most brain surgeries are performed due to brain tumors

• 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

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  Neurology | Neuroscience | Biology | Brain | Brain Cancer | Stroke | Epilepsy | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Parkinson's Disease | Jordan Taylor | How to Become a Chiropractor | How to Become a Neurosurgeon

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