All 49 Uses of
neurology
in
Gifted Hands
- 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..0
- 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..8
- 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.†
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
- 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
- A multitude of possibilities exist of bleeding and infection and other neurological complications.†
p. 143..0
- If I hadn't been successful, in time another neurosurgeon would have.†
p. 148..9
- 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
- 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..0
- Even though I believed I made the right choice, I felt terrible having to say No. "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..6
- 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 *
Definition:
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(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system (including the brain)