2008, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp 23 – 29

Actualities and Perspectives in Neurosurgery

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Correspondence to:A.V. Ciurea M.D, Ph.D, Berceni Street no. 10–12, Sector 4, Bucharest, Tel/fax: 021-3343025/021-3347350,e-mail:rsn@bagdasar-arseni.ro

Abstract

In the field of neurosurgery, like in other surgical specialties, the last decades have brought major achievements. The series of revolutionary discoveries has started during the last century in the fifties, with stereotactic radiosurgery, then continued with the implementation of operative microscope (during the seventies), the endovascular embolisation in the nineties and finally with the major improvement in robotic neurosurgery and molecular neurosurgery at the beginning of this century.

The major innovation has been brought not only in the field of therapeutical measures but also in the field of neuro– imaging. Thus, the modern MRI with more than 3 Tesla, can reveal to the neurosurgeon the most intimate structures of the nervous system.

Several important areas in neurosurgery like: vascular neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery and brain tumors pathology, benefit from the modern technology and from the latest discoveries from genetic and molecular biology.

In conclusion, summarizing the discoveries of the last decade, we emphasize that the related areas like genetics, molecular biology, computer technology become more and more important in the future progress of the neurosurgery.

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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-02-2008
Available Online: 25-02-2008

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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