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Finding a Surgeon
Finding a surgeon refers to the process of choosing a doctor with specialized training in one or more branches of surgery to perform a specific...

Microsurgery
Microsurgery is surgery that is performed on very small structures, such as blood vessels and nerves, with specialized instruments under a microscope...

Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is a specialized field of surgery for the treatment of diseases or conditions of the central nervous system (CNS) and spine.

Introduction to Neurosurgery and Its Costs
As of today, Neurosurgery is in a stage of rapid development and discovery. It is an exciting field of constant technological and methodical advances...

Finding Your Ideal Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgeons have a lot to live up to. They are, after all, uniquely qualified to look into our very minds and repair or rearrange the sensitive...

Choosing a Surgeon
While you will probably not be golfing with him or her anytime soon (nor would you likely want to!), you should learn a few things about the person...

Finding a Neurosurgeon
Have you ever heard of the phrase “it’s not like it’s brain surgery?” Well, many of the operations that neurosurgeons perform are indeed...

Finding a Brain Surgeon
Have you ever heard of the phrase “it’s not like it’s brain surgery?” Well, many of the operations that neurosurgeons perform are indeed...

What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...

Understanding the Risks of Surgery
Many modern surgical procedures are both routine and safe but, it is important to remember that there is a certain amount of risk in every surgical...

Calculating the Risks and Benefits of Surgery
Before every surgical procedure, surgeons will determine a risk/benefit ratio either informally or as part of a patient workup. If the ratio is too...

Recovering from Surgery – What to Expect
Surgery recovery is the sequence of steps that occurs from the point at which you awake from anesthesia to the point at which you are fully healed...

Will there be a robot in your operating room?
While this may seem like silly question, an ever-increasing number of surgeries are being performed with the assistance of a robot. Sound like science...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
Neurology and psychiatry are two disciplines of medicine that are concerned with the function and dysfunction of the brain. The traditional distinction...

Hydrocephalus Treatment
Hydrocephalus, simply put, means water on the brain. More precisely, hydrocephalus describes a condition in which there is an excessive amount of cerebrospinal...

Information on Commissurotomy
A commissure has two main definitions: 1) the corner of the eye, lip, or labia OR 2) a bundle of nerves that cross from one side of the brain to the...

Lobotomy Procedures Info
The brain is separated into different regions called lobes. According to the lobotomy definition in Stedman's Medical Dictionary, a lobotomy is an...