Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery is seen as 'inaccessible' to those on the outside, even though collaboration with a variety of non-neurosurgeons is essential to advancing the field. Thus, this book answers important questions for those interested in surgery of the brain: What is the current state of affairs? Where is the field going? And, importantly, how can I be involved? A work of far-reaching appeal, this book explores the evolution and future of brain surgery, detailing key technologies that have and will shape the field of neurosurgery. Readers are led on a journey covering over five thousand years of neurosurgical history, from trepanation in Neolithic France to the understanding of neuroanatomy and finally the technological leaps in the 20th and 21st centuries. Advances such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, microscopy, robotics are discussed by the world's leading experts, providing non-neurosurgical readers with a framework for how they can be involved in this thrilling field.

• Appeals to disciplines not typically considered partners to neurosurgery such as AI, nanotechnology and augmented reality, with a focus on the development of ideas and collaboration opportunities between fields relevant to cranial neurosurgery
• Richly illustrated with over 50 colour figures demonstrating the concepts discussed throughout the book
• Edited by a team of leading neurosurgeons and led by the inimitable Michael L.J. Apuzzo, this engaging book is based on decades of experience at the cutting edge of the field