noun
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The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
definition
Any surgical procedure performed on the brain; brain surgery.
Examples of neurosurgery in a Sentence
Dr. Ben Carson is the head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
The authors looked at patients who developed NEAD after having intracranial neurosurgery for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
This ranges from children requiring a scan on a day case basis to a child requiring high dependency care following neurosurgery.
However, such costs are likely to be significant, if only because of the need for functional neurosurgery in some cases.
Services include very specialist care for small babies, complex neurosurgery, and blood and marrow transplants.
The MRCS will test knowledge in the basic neurosciences, clinical neurosciences, basic surgical science and clinical neurosurgery.
The authors conclude that NEAD may develop after intracranial neurosurgery, carried out for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
Changes in the workload and levels of staffing in neurosurgery, neurology and general histopathology are therefore highly relevant to the practice of neuropathology.
The Western is a busy hospital with many specialities including neurosurgery.
The claimant underwent neurosurgery in respect of the depressed skull fracture and fixing of dental wiring, which was in place for five weeks.
Such technologies are already supporting the care of patients with cancer and those requiring neurosurgery and other specialist care.
He sent them all a dossier of stories putting the case for keeping pediatric neurosurgery at Morriston.
In the case of the Cognistat, test taker's scores can be compared to groups of young adults, middle-aged adults, the geriatric, and people who have undergone neurosurgery.
When a tumor or stroke has caused an acquired nystagmus, then neurosurgery, if indicated for the underlying cause, may lead to resolution of the nystagmus.