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  • adjective Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.

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Examples

  • A hospital nurse had told me that it was good in neurosurgical intensive-care units to leave the television turned on in an unconscious patient's room, preferably to a channel on which the patient might recognize some of the voices.

    Ready for Action 2002

  • A hospital nurse had told me that it was good in neurosurgical intensive-care units to leave the television turned on in an unconscious patient's room, preferably to a channel on which the patient might recognize some of the voices.

    Ready for Action 2002

  • When I can't help any more, I call my neurosurgical colleagues at St. Jude's.

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • When I can't help any more, I call my neurosurgical colleagues at St. Jude's.

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • When I can't help any more, I call my neurosurgical colleagues at St. Jude's.

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • It is only when a diagnosis is made that we will know if Harry needs immediate neurosurgical intervention or if treatment with radiation or chemotherapy is first called for instead.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • At age nine he founded Children Helping Children and began headlining with symphony orchestras to perform benefit Concerts for a Cure at major concert halls across the country to raise money for children needing neurosurgical and neurological care and has since raised millions for neurological research and pediatric hospital programs.

    Stephanie March: Meet the 2010 World of Children Awards Winners: Extraordinary Individuals Improving the Lives of Many Stephanie March 2010

  • And all of Montefiore's ICUs—for medical, surgical, neurosurgical and cardiothoracic patients—report to the critical-care department, not individual medical services, facilitating patient flow and minimizing turf wars.

    Critical (Re)thinking Melinda Beck 2011

  • Fergus Bannon, when not performing neurosurgical interventions with the aid of a hacksaw, dowsing rod and amphetamine-soaked surgical mask, has been known to write for publications such as Interzone, Territories, West Coast Magazine and Shipbuilding.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • It is a restoration of normality for the patient and those around the patient, said Nader Sanai, director of neurosurgical oncology at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

    Giffords back in rehab after skull surgery 2011

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