Reflections on a career in neurosurgery

Robert Heimburger recounts his career in neurosurgery, including some of the early years of modern neurosurgery and some of the contributions he made, particularly in the areas of early repair of myelomeningocele and spinal cord tethering, high-intensity focused ultrasound for the brain, stereotacti...

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Autores principales: Heimburger, Robert F., Heimburger, Douglas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Historical Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.114812
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description Robert Heimburger recounts his career in neurosurgery, including some of the early years of modern neurosurgery and some of the contributions he made, particularly in the areas of early repair of myelomeningocele and spinal cord tethering, high-intensity focused ultrasound for the brain, stereotactic surgery, washing hair and scalps instead of shaving for cranial surgery, and neurosurgical consultation in Asian countries. Now aged 96, he continues to have a keen mind and thorough commitment to the profession that offered him a lifetime of inspiration and service.
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spelling pubmed-37406092013-08-16 Reflections on a career in neurosurgery Heimburger, Robert F. Heimburger, Douglas C. Surg Neurol Int Historical Review Robert Heimburger recounts his career in neurosurgery, including some of the early years of modern neurosurgery and some of the contributions he made, particularly in the areas of early repair of myelomeningocele and spinal cord tethering, high-intensity focused ultrasound for the brain, stereotactic surgery, washing hair and scalps instead of shaving for cranial surgery, and neurosurgical consultation in Asian countries. Now aged 96, he continues to have a keen mind and thorough commitment to the profession that offered him a lifetime of inspiration and service. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3740609/ /pubmed/23956932 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.114812 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Heimburger RF http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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