Clinical Pearls Listen and observe the patient whether in a chair, bed, or on an examining table before beginning the clinical examination. If you focus on an obvious deficit, you may miss an important detail such as a weak limb…
Clinical Pearls Approximately 80% of the world's population in more than 100 developing countries will share the same fate of limited availability of standard neurosurgery. Limitations commonly encountered in a low-income setting include ignorance and illiteracy, lack of political will…
Open full size image In the history of neurosurgery there have occurred a number of events and landmarks, and these will be the focus of this chapter. In understanding the history of our profession, perhaps the neurosurgeon will be able…