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A doctor who operates on the brain and nerves, where tiny margins separate recovery from lasting harm.
means A doctor who operates on the brain, spine, and nerves, where millimeters separate a cure from a catastrophe.
from Built from Greek pieces: 'neuro-' from neuron, meaning sinew or nerve, and 'surgeon' tracing back through Old French 'cirurgien' to Greek 'kheirourgos' — literally 'hand-worker,' from 'kheir' (hand) and 'ergon' (work). So the word is, quite plainly, 'nerve hand-worker' — a job title that's been truth in advertising since antiquity.
- training length
- 7 years residency, often plus fellowship
- awake surgery
- patients talk while brain is operated on
- brain quirk
- organ itself feels no pain at all
- burnout rate
- among highest of any medical specialty