The Magic Of Modern Neurosurgery

While all physicians work to heal people, neurosurgeons often have especially gratifying outcomes from successful surgeries in which patients are freed from severe pain, physical disabilities, or impending death. Neurosurgeons can also participate in cutting-edge research, helping increase medical knowledge of illnesses for which there is currently no cure.

- Dr Arun Oommen

With the advent of modern technology and advances in surgical techniques and skills results of Neurosurgery are excellent. Many complicated and near-death brain and spine problems can be cured now by the magic of modern micro neurosurgery.

If someone asks which is the most complex organ in the human body the answer will be almost unanimously –The Brain and spinal cord. Naturally, the field of medicine dealing with surgical problems of the brain and spine will be the most challenging, intricate, and unnerving. Neurosurgery has over the years evolved to become a really challenging medical field of practice but thanks to extensive research, publications, vast advances in surgical techniques and instrumentations the results have tremendously improved over the years.

There was not much advancement in neurosurgery until the late 19th early 20th century.

In 1879 after locating it via neurological signs alone, Scottish surgeon William Macewen (18481924) performed the first successful brain tumor removal. On November 25, 1884, English surgeon Rickman Godlee (1849-1925) performed the first primary brain tumor removal, via trephination. On March 16, 1907, Austrian surgeon Hermann Schloffer became the first to successfully remove a pituitary tumor.

While all physicians work to heal people, neurosurgeons often have especially gratifying outcomes from successful surgeries in which patients are freed from severe pain, physical disabilities, or impending death. Neurosurgeons can also participate in cutting-edge research, helping increase medical knowledge of illnesses for which there is currently no cure.