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What is the definition or description of: neurosurgery?
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Brain,spine surgery: Neurosurgery is the specialty of treating diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and their supporting structures. This includes trauma, tumors, degenerative disease , vascular disease and congenital conditions usually but not always with surgical methods.
Answered 4/24/2015
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Neurosurgery: Neurosurgery is the field that manages surgical problems dealing with the brain, spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.
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