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  2. William Williams Keen - Wikipedia

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    He was known in the international medical community for inventing brain surgery procedures, including drainage of the cerebral ventricles and removal of brain tumors. Keen also performed the first craniectomy for microcephalus; [6] however, this technique was met with harsh criticism and had relatively little success. [citation needed] In ...

  3. History of neurology and neurosurgery - Wikipedia

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    An ancient Egyptian treatise concerning trauma surgery, the Edwin Smith papyrus, contains descriptions and suggests treatments for various injuries, including some of neurological nature. Specifically, there are descriptions of the meninges, the external surface of the brain, the cerebrospinal fluid and the intracranial pulsations. [7]

  4. Neurosurgery - Wikipedia

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    Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. [1]

  5. Harvey Cushing - Wikipedia

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    Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman.A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease.

  6. William Macewen - Wikipedia

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    In 1879 he performed the first successful intracranial surgery where the site of the lesion (a left frontal meningioma) was localized solely by the preoperative focal epileptic signs (twitching of the face and arms in the opposite side of the lesion). On the basis of these signs Macewen thought that there was good evidence of an "irritation to ...

  7. Baby Has $5 Million Surgery to Remove Left Side of Brain at ...

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    Not long after, the seizures started up again and the family was told that Caper would need a second surgery to remove more pieces of his brain. “The first surgery had a 60% chance of giving him ...