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Erschienen in: Acta Neurochirurgica 9/2013

01.09.2013 | Letter to the editor - History of Neurosurgery

The lasting legacy of Sir Victor Horsley

verfasst von: Akbar Ali Khan, Michael Powell

Erschienen in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Ausgabe 9/2013

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Working at The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square, is a daily reminder of the contribution Sir Victor Horsley made to the establishment and development of neurosurgery. He performed the first craniotomy for a brain lesion causing epilepsy and the first laminectomy for a spinal tumour, amongst other surgical firsts. He developed the transcranial approach to the pituitary and refined the technique of intradural division of the trigeminal nerve root for trigeminal neuralgia. He published widely on the topics of anatomy and physiology, where notably his experiments formed the foundation of current-day resuscitation techniques. He also invented the first stereotactic frame and Horsley’s wax, an antiseptic mix of beeswax, almond oil and salicylic acid used to stop bleeding from the cut surface of the cranial bones [3]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
The lasting legacy of Sir Victor Horsley
verfasst von
Akbar Ali Khan
Michael Powell
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2013
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Ausgabe 9/2013
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Elektronische ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1705-1

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