neurosurgery
neurosurgery
Definition
neuro·sur·gery (no̵or′ō sʉr′jər ē, nyo̵or′-)
noun
the branch of surgery involving some part of the nervous system, including the brain and the spinal cord
neurosurgery
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- follow: This ranges from children requiring a scan on a day case basis to a child requiring high dependency care following neurosurgery.
- include: The Western is a busy hospital with many specialities including neurosurgery.
- have: The authors looked at patients who developed NEAD after having intracranial neurosurgery for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
- undergo: The claimant underwent neurosurgery in respect of the depressed skull fracture and fixing of dental wiring, which was in place for five weeks.
- require: Such technologies are already supporting the care of patients with cancer and those requiring neurosurgery and other specialist care.
Adjective modifier
- pediatric: He sent them all a dossier of stories putting the case for keeping pediatric neurosurgery at Morriston.
- functional: However, such costs are likely to be significant, if only because of the need for functional neurosurgery in some cases.
- complex: Services include very specialist care for small babies, complex neurosurgery, and blood and marrow transplants.
- clinical: The MRCS will test knowledge in the basic neurosciences, clinical neurosciences, basic surgical science and clinical neurosurgery.
- intracranial: The authors conclude that NEAD may develop after intracranial neurosurgery, carried out for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
Modifies a noun
- department: My return visits to the neurosurgery department at Leeds did little to help, and they found no reason for it.
- team: DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY More recently, I joined Professor Tipu Aziz's neurosurgery research team as a postdoctoral research associate.
- unit: She was then admitted to the neurosurgery unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
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