Abstract
A cry for specialists in functional neurosurgery
Highlights
This article may be cited as: Salles AD, Pereira J, Gorgulho A.A cry for specialists in functional neurosurgery
“Frameless Stereotactic Surgery,” which already lost the name of its stereotactic origin, now is known as “image guided surgery,” present in vascular neurosurgery, neuro‐oncology surgery, spine surgery, radiosurgery, is even used for placement of shunts and drainage of hematomas
Do we need a new breed of neurosurgeons specialized in different neurodegenerative diseases, as we already have neurologists strictly interested in muscle disorders, headaches, epilepsy, etc., While the stereotactic surgical procedure tends to be technically less demanding than the procedures in vascular, spine, and oncologic neurosurgery, the knowledge required to manage the patients with neurodegenerative diseases is broad and foreigner to the traditionally trained neurosurgeon
Summary
This article may be cited as: Salles AD, Pereira J, Gorgulho A.A cry for specialists in functional neurosurgery. This new posed challenge demands understanding of diseases not in the realm of the knowledge of established stereotactic neurosurgeons. Do we need a new breed of neurosurgeons specialized in different neurodegenerative diseases, as we already have neurologists strictly interested in muscle disorders, headaches, epilepsy, etc., While the stereotactic surgical procedure tends to be technically less demanding than the procedures in vascular, spine, and oncologic neurosurgery, the knowledge required to manage the patients with neurodegenerative diseases is broad and foreigner to the traditionally trained neurosurgeon.
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