Pediatric neurosurgery explained

Pediatric Neurosurgery is a subspecialty of neurosurgery; which includes surgical procedures that are related to the nervous system, brain and spinal cord; that treats children with operable neurological disorders.__TOC__

History

Boston Children's Hospital was the first hospital in the United States with a specialized neurosurgical service for children, established in 1929 by Harvey Cushing and Franc Ingraham.^{[1] [2]}

As of 2009, there were fewer than 200 pediatric neurosurgeons in the United States. Approximately 80% of them were male.^[3] In the past 25 years, 391 doctors graduated from a pediatric neurosurgery program. Only 70% of them currently practice primarily pediatric rather than adult neurosurgery. Approximately 70% of them are in academic medicine.^[4]

See also

• Medical specialties
• Pediatric neuropsychology

Notes and References

1. Book: Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery . 2017 . Elsevier . 1472–1475 . 7.
2. Web site: Neuroscience Center . Boston's Children Hospital . 25 September 2020.
3. Shipman . Scott A. . Lane . Jessica R. . Durham . Susan R. . The pediatric neurosurgical workforce: defining the current supply: Clinical article . Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics . 1 January 2009 . 3 . 1 . 1–10 . 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS08255 . 19119896 . 2 April 2019 . 1933-0715. free .
4. Maher . Cormac O. . Durham . Susan R. . Scott . R. Michael . Nadel . Jeffrey L. . Recent trends in North American pediatric neurosurgical fellowship training . Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics . 4 January 2019 . -1 . aop . 517–522 . 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18106 . 30611157 . 58625535 . 2 April 2019 . 1933-0715.