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01-10-2012 | Editorial
Neurosurgical contributions of the Swiss surgeon, Rudolf Ulrich Krönlein—A further pioneer in Swiss neurosurgery
Authors:
Gerhard Hildebrandt, Martin N. Stienen, Jennifer Patzer, Werner Surbeck
Published in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Issue 10/2012
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Excerpt
In an earlier contribution, the authors reported about the outstanding neurosurgical activities and publications of the Swiss surgeon and Nobel Prize laureate, Emil Theodor Kocher (1841–1917), with special emphasis on his perceptions in the fields of epilepsy and tumour surgery [
12]. Furthermore, his methods in spinal surgery and his theories on raised intracranial pressure (ICP) were appreciated [
9,
12]. …