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UK
/njˈuːɹəsˌɜːdʒəɹi/
]
[ US /ˌnʊɹoʊˈsɝdʒɝi/ ]
[ US /ˌnʊɹoʊˈsɝdʒɝi/ ]
NOUN
- any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
How To Use neurosurgery In A Sentence
- A 35-year-old woman was referred to our neurosurgery department with symptoms of hemianopsia, diabetes insipidus, amenorrhea, and a presumptive diagnosis of pituitary tumor.
- Carlton Armstrong , a surgeon , specializing in neurosurgery.
- Inevitably, he cannot decide between orthopaedics and neurosurgery. Times, Sunday Times
- She sustained serious head injuries and had to be transferred to a trauma unit to have major neurosurgery. The Sun
- The epilepsy program is very much a team effort - with active representatives from neuroradiology, neuropsychology, nuclear medicine, neurosurgery and neuropathology. Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
- Reports on wrong site surgery include procedures in neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics, and vascular surgery.
- It was also able to spot brain lesions and predict whether patients would need neurosurgery. Times, Sunday Times
- As you rightly point out, there is a critical mass required to sustain services such as neurosurgery on both a clinical and cost effective basis. Adult neurosurgery
- Heparin also is used to treat arterial and venous clotting and prevent formation of venous clots in patients who require neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery and in trauma cases.
- These techniques sometimes require the input of other surgical disciplines such as neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery.