Book contents
- Neurosurgery
- Reviews
- Neurosurgery
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword – Quo Vadis
- Preface I
- Preface II: Neurosurgery: Beyond the Cutting Edge
- Contributors
- Section IWhat Came Before
- Section IIIdeas and Concepts in Modern Neurosurgical Innovation
- Section IIIAreas of Biological and Technical Advances Driving Neurosurgical Innovation
- Section IVThe Surgeon’s Armamentarium
- Section VThe Neurosurgeons of the Future: A Striking Metamorphosis
- Chapter 17The “Neurosurgeon” – Quo Vadis
- Index
- References
Chapter 17 - The “Neurosurgeon” – Quo Vadis
from Section V - The Neurosurgeons of the Future: A Striking Metamorphosis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2025
Book contents
- Neurosurgery
- Reviews
- Neurosurgery
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword – Quo Vadis
- Preface I
- Preface II: Neurosurgery: Beyond the Cutting Edge
- Contributors
- Section IWhat Came Before
- Section IIIdeas and Concepts in Modern Neurosurgical Innovation
- Section IIIAreas of Biological and Technical Advances Driving Neurosurgical Innovation
- Section IVThe Surgeon’s Armamentarium
- Section VThe Neurosurgeons of the Future: A Striking Metamorphosis
- Chapter 17The “Neurosurgeon” – Quo Vadis
- Index
- References
Summary
The concept of Neurosurgery is arguably the oldest of surgical specialties. It has evolved in scope and sophistication in bursts over many centuries – driven by the available knowledge, technologies, needs, and the courage of practitioners to move the concept forward. Concurrently, the computer has become a unifying neurosurgical tool, allowing for enormous expansion of novel concepts of treatment accessible. In this sense, the “Neurosurgeon” of the future will be in constant evolution with such technology – adapting according to the environmental demands of a growing and multifaceted field. In this chapter, we explore the role of the Neurosurgeon today and what the future may hold.
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