Minim Invasive Neurosurg 1995; 38(1): 16-21
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053455
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Why did we not see the Light? A Retrospective Analysis of Ideas in Neurosurgery1

G. B. Udvarhelyi
  • The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, U.S.A.
1 Text of lecture presented at Wiesbaden on 6./7. 1993
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25. April 2008 (online)

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Abstract

Based on personal experience, a retrospective analysis of the changes in neurosurgical thinking during the past 50 years is presented. The four phases of the organisational pattern are discussed. The contributions of a few pioneer neurosurgeons are emphasized. The impact of revolutionary technical improvements on future neurosurgeons should be balanced by sound clinical judgement - as “novelty is not equal to creativity.”