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Neurosurgery

Brain and spine: the physics of a rigid box, where pressure is the common enemy, haematomas measured against the clock, hydrocephalus drained by hydrostatics, and spinal cord compression where hours decide function for decades.

3 operations in depth5 interactive cases

Backdrop: Coronal contrast-enhanced MRI of the brain with a ring-enhancing glioblastoma and surrounding oedema · Christaras A · CC BY 2.5

Surgical anatomy

Anatomy

The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure.

The structures the operations walk past, and the ones they must not injure. Real plates and photographs only; the 3D lab carries the BodyParts3D specimens.

Anatomy media needed

No verified anatomical plates are assigned to this specialty’s operations yet. The 3D lab and the danger-zone atlas below still apply.

Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Neurosurgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.