a surgical specialty concerned with the treatment of diseases and disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral and sympathetic nervous system top
Surgery of the nervous system, including the nerves, the brain, and the spinal cord
any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
The diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by surgical means affecting the nervous system
a medical discipline that provides the operative and non-operative care of disorders that affect the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system (including their supportive structures and vascular supply), and the operative and non-operative management of pain It encompasses disorders of the brain, skull, pituitary gland, spinal cord, cranial and spinal nerves and the autonomic nervous system
The surgical specialty involved in the treatment of disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves
Neurosurgeons operate on the brain and spinal cord and are often attending physicians for patients with brain injuries during the acute hospitalization