Neurosurgery in Ancient India: Susruta

Abstract Neurosurgical procedures, particularly trepanation, can be traced as far back as 10,000 bc. Archeological findings from Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America provide evidence that trepanation was widely used by man for mystical purposes, surgical treatment, and reasons still unknown to us...

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Main Authors: Neil J. Majmundar, Rachid Assina, Charles J. Prestigiacomo, Chirag D. Gandhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1558839