Evolution in practice: How has British neurosurgery changed in the last 10 years?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-512

  Tarnaris, Andrew ^a   Arvin, B ^a   Ashkan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Neurosurgery; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLIP; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIOTOMY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649092915     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X321530     Document Type: Article

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