All 49 Uses of "neurology" in "Gifted Hands" - Auto-generated

Getting to the site of the twins' juncture wasn't particularly difficult for the young, though seasoned, neurosurgeons either.†

p. 8.3

The exhausted primary neurosurgeon who had devised the plan for the operation was a ghetto kid from the streets of Detroit.†

p. 8.9

A skilled neurosurgeon, he knew what he was doing, but he had difficulty locating the foramen ovate (the hole at the base of the skull).†

p. 101.1

After two such surgeries, I told my neurosurgeon professors how I was doing it and then demonstrated for them.†

p. 102.8

An attitude of excitement and adventure filled my thoughts because I knew I was gaining experience and information while sharpening my skills—all the things that would enable me to be a first-rate neurosurgeon.†

p. 104.5

The neurosurgeons impressed me the most.†

p. 104.8

I truly believe that being a successful neurosurgeon doesn't mean I'm better than anybody else.†

p. 111.8

This beating took place during the time of a meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Boston.†

p. 118.1

The man woke up a few hours later and subsequently was perfectly normal neurologically, with no ongoing problems.†

p. 119.3

A senior neurosurgeon in the United States from Perth, Western Australia, Bryant and I hit it off at once.†

p. 124.4

I benefited from all their little tricks, and they aided me in developing my skills as a neurosurgeon.†

p. 127.7 *

The Australian neurosurgeons didn't know it, but I had brain surgery down pat.†

p. 130.6

*My official title was Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Direction, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital.†

p. 132.9

Look at me, here I am the chief pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins at 3.3.†

p. 133.2

* * The procedure known as hemispherectomy was tried as long as 50 years ago by Dr. Walter Dandy, one of the first neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins.†

p. 136.4

Skilled neurosurgeons starred doing the operation again because they now had the sophisticated help of EEGs, and it seemed in a lot of patients that all the abnormal electrical activity was coming from one part of the brain.†

p. 136.7

Others developed hydrocephalus or were left with severe neurological damage and either died or were rendered physically nonfunctional.†

p. 136.9

Dr. John M. Freeman, the director of pediatric neurology at Hopkins, has said, "We're not even sure whether it's caused by a virus, although it leaves footprints like a virus."†

p. 137.9

Dr. Thomas Reilly at the Children's Epilepsy Center at Children's Hospital in Denver, after consulting with another pediatric neurologist, suggested a possible explanation: Rasmussen's encephalitis, an extremely rare inflammation of the brain tissue.†

p. 138.9

neurologist = physician that deals with the nervous system (including the brain)

By phone Terry Francisco described everything to the pediatric chief of neurology.†

p. 139.8

"You've obviously had some information already about what we need to do," I said, "because you talked to the pediatric neurologist.†

p. 142.9

neurologist = physician that deals with the nervous system (including the brain)

A multitude of possibilities exist of bleeding and infection and other neurological complications.†

p. 143.1

If I hadn't been successful, in time another neurosurgeon would have.†

p. 148.8

Third, although I'd done my written examination for certification as a neurosurgeon, I hadn't yet taken my oral board exams.†

p. 149.6

To do the oral examination, candidates sit before a board of neurosurgeons.†

p. 149.7

One major reason for our high success rate at Hopkins is that we have a unique situation where we work extremely well together in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.†

p. 152.4

Dr. Patty Vining, one of the pediatric neurologists who had been with me during the operation, came into the room.†

p. 154.9

Several neurologists sincerely thought we would be crazy to attempt such an operation.†

p. 163.8

The neurologist-critic went so far as to write a letter to the chairman of neurosurgery, with copies to the chairman of surgery, the hospital president, and a few other people.†

p. 164.7

neurologist = physician that deals with the nervous system (including the brain)

On my way to the operating room I ran into another neurosurgeon—senior to me and a man I highly respect because of his work with trauma accidents.†

p. 168.3

Neurosurgery grand rounds is a weekly conference attended by all neurosurgeons and residents to discuss interesting cases.†

p. 171.3

One of the attending neurosurgeons, familiar with the boy's condition, stated, "These types of situations never result in anything good."†

p. 171.5

Another neurosurgeon operated and took out the tumor.†

p. 176.1

The night before surgery, the Baltimore neurosurgeon said to Craig's mother, "I don't think I can remove the tumor without crippling him."†

p. 176.9

After graduating in 1984, Susan applied for and received a job in the pediatric neurology department at Johns Hopkins where she has remained since.†

p. 180.1

"I'd like to have you go to one of the other neurosurgeons here at Hopkins who specializes in vascular problems," I said, "because the tumors are vascular."†

p. 180.9

I had bandied some thoughts around, and I consulted other neurosurgeons.†

p. 182.2

And if he doesn't die, he could be paralyzed or devastated neurologically.†

p. 183.5

As long as I've known him, he has been neurologically impaired.†

p. 190.7

He has tremors, and he still has problems with swallowing that resulted from the devastating neurological effects of the second surgery, in which he almost died.†

p. 190.8

We assembled seven pediatric anesthesiologists, five neurosurgeons, two cardiac surgeons, five plastic surgeons, and, just as important, dozens of nurses and technicians—seventy of us in all.†

p. 194.5

Since I had seen only X-rays of the children, I needed personally to assess their neurological ability, so I would be part of the team going to Germany to determine if the surgery was still feasible.†

p. 195.4

From the time we started discussing it, we all tried to keep in mind that we wouldn't proceed with surgery unless we believed we had a good chance of separating the boys without damaging the neurological function of either baby.†

p. 196.8

The torqula is the dreaded area for neurosurgeons because the blood rushes through that area under such pressure that a hole in the torqula the size of a pencil would cause a baby to bleed to death in less than a minute.†

p. 200.3

"Number two," I continued, "their neurological condition was impaired, and that would delay our ability to assess their visual capabilities.†

p. 206.7

Then questions arose about their neurological ability.†

p. 208.9

I decided to go all out to be the best clinical neurosurgeon I could be and contribute as much as I could to the well-being of my patients.†

p. 212.5

We had gotten so busy at the hospital that we had to bring in another pediatric neurosurgeon.†

p. 213.3

I'm a good neurosurgeon.†

p. 223.8

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