In a family of 7 siblings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 of the most remarkable national personalities decided to follow different fields at the beginning of the 20th century. Their life's work would, however, intersect in at least 2 respects: the quest for innovation and a passion for sinuosity. The achievements of Paulo and Oscar Niemeyer are landmarks in the history of neurosurgery and archite...

Department of Neurosurgery, Cheju Halla Hospital, Jejudo, Korea; Department of Radiology, and Department of Neurosurgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Received March 2, 2010; accepted after revision May 16, 2010. Correspondence to: Bum-soo Kim, MD, Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital...

This narrative report describes the underlying rationale and technical developments of NeuroMind, a mobile clinical decision support system for neurosurgery. From the perspective of a neurosurgeon - (app) developer it explains how technical progress has shaped the world's "most rated and highest rated" neurosurgical mobile application, with particular attention for operating system diversity on...

Relapsed herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis after neurosurgery is a very rare condition. An 11-year-old boy suffered from relapsed HSV encephalitis five days after neurosurgery to remove the epileptogenic focus six years after prior HSV encephalitis. He was diagnosed with HSV encephalitis reactivation after positive HSV polymerase chain reaction results following a lumbar puncture, and thi...

The 8th Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery (8th SANS) meeting was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 15-17th 2014, organized by the National Neurological Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The theme was “Aspire, Inspire, Innovate” covering state of the art technology in different sub-specialties of neurosurgery. The scientific program was packed with innovative ...

Poems are essential in art and vital organs in literature. Similarly, surgery (and neurosurgery) is also regarded to be an art in medicine. From Hippocrates to nowadays, there is a debate on whether medicine -especially surgery- is a kind of an art or a field of science or a combination of both. This close relation becomes clearer during the practice of surgery, especially in neurosurgery. Here...

“M. Gazi Yasargil: Father of Modern Neurosurgery” details the history of neurosurgery from the 1960s through the end of the 20th century. By the late 1980s, the groundswell of change inspired by Professor Yasargil began to peak on the wings of an altogether new way to treat aneurysms, vascular malformations, and other complex pathologies. Simultaneously, those committed to the steep learning cu...

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 Bang.J Neurosurgery 2021; 10(2): 135

Global neurosurgery is relatively a new sub-discipline of global surgery. It an area study, research, practice, and advocacy that focuses on enhancing health outcomes promoting equity for all individuals around the world who are afflicted by neurosurgical disorders or require care. Low- middle-income countries (LMICs) have not benefited from advances in neurosurgery; most little no capacity the...