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Vaziri S, Resnick DK, Ames CP, Harrop JS, Shaffrey CI, Singh K, Smith JS, Hoh DJ. Brief History of Spinal Neurosurgical Societies in the United States: Part 1. Neurospine 2019; 16:631-636. [PMID: 31905449 PMCID: PMC6944983 DOI: 10.14245/ns.1938378.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Sasha Vaziri
- Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Stienen MN, Surbeck W, Hildebrandt G. Letter to the Editor: Early achievements of Hans Brun in the surgery of intramedullary tumors. J Neurosurg Spine 2016; 25:281-4. [PMID: 27035509 DOI: 10.3171/2015.11.spine151300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Martin N Stienen
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; and,Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; and,Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; and,Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Pendleton C, Rincon-Torroella J, Gokaslan ZL, Jallo GI, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Challenges in early operative approaches to intramedullary spinal cord tumors: Harvey Cushing’s perspective. J Neurosurg Spine 2015; 23:412-8. [DOI: 10.3171/2014.12.spine13427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Although Harvey Cushing was mostly known for his contributions to brain tumor surgery, he was also a pioneer in the development of spinal cord surgery. This lesser known facet of Cushing’s career can provide a fresh and unique perspective into how the founders of neurosurgery surmounted early challenges in the field. The authors bring to light and examine for the first time Cushing’s unpublished writing “Technique of Laminectomy” along with his first 3 documented intramedullary spinal cord tumor (IMSCT) cases at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The authors draw lessons from the challenges in pathological classification, preoperative diagnosis, tumor localization, and surgical technique ofthat time. Although Cushing’s attempts at exploration and resection of IMSCT as described here were of limited success, his ability to adapt his clinical and surgical technique to the challenges of the time, as well as develop skills to successfully manipulate the spinal cord during these exploratory procedures without the patients incurring neurological damage, postoperative infection, or complications, is a testament to his determination to advance the field and his meticulous operative technique. In spite of the limitations imposed on the pioneer neurosurgeons, Harvey Cushing and his contemporaries persevered through many of the challenges and built an essential part of neurosurgery’s common story.
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