The evolution of neurosurgery: How has our practice changed?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-751

  Kamat, A S ^a   Parker, A ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Changes in practice; Evolution; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENTRICULOSTOMY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84889602427     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2013.786805     Document Type: Article

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