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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.
The operations
Procedures
What the specialty does in theatre, with the imagery that goes with it.
What the specialty does in theatre: each operation with its image, its indication, and the doors into OR prep and the step-by-step walkthrough.
Featured operation
Burr-hole drainage of chronic subdural
Two small holes in the skull to let out the old blood that has been slowly squeezing an older brain; among neurosurgery's simplest operations and most grateful recoveries.
Indication: Symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma, typically weeks after minor trauma in an older or anticoagulated patient.
Common and emergency operations
The rest of the list
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.