From the chisel and the hammer to the controlled mind in neurosurgery

Authors

  • Mykola Ye. Polishchuk Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25305/unj.90411

Keywords:

нейрохирургия, навигация, эндоскопия, микрохирургия, управляемый разум

Abstract

Over the centuries, neurosurgery moved up from a hammer, chisel, brain tumor removal with a «smart finger» to microsurgery, endoscopy, and endovascular surgery, which is as the most technologically advanced is the closest to the controlled intelligence implementation, both in scientific research and in practice.

Author Biography

Mykola Ye. Polishchuk, Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv

Department of Neurosurgery

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Published

2018-03-16

How to Cite

Polishchuk, M. Y. (2018). From the chisel and the hammer to the controlled mind in neurosurgery. Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, (1), 92–95. https://doi.org/10.25305/unj.90411

Issue

Section

Historical essays