Brain Surgery
Brain Surgery ***************************************************************** Application: Education, Simulation *** Relevant Background: " Neurosurgery , or neurological surgery , is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment , and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain , spinal cord , central and peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system . .. The main advancements in neurosurgery came about as a result of highly crafted tools. Modern neurosurgical tools, or instruments, include chisels , curettes, dissectors, distractors, elevators, forceps, hooks, impactors, probes, suction tubes, power tools, and robots. [13] [14] Most of these modern tools, like chisels, elevators, forceps, hooks, impactors, and probes, have been in medical practice for a relatively long time. The main difference...