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HISTORY OF BRAIN SURGERY (556 words) |
 | Brain surgery is perhaps the oldest of the practiced medical arts. |
| Pre-Incan civilization used brain surgery as an extensive practice as early as 2,000 B.C. In Paracas, Peru, a desert strip south of Lima, archeologic evidence indicates that brain surgery was used extensively. |
| Brain surgery was also used for both spiritual and magical reasons; often, the practice was limited to kings, priests and the nobility. |
| Brain Surgery in Cats - PetPlace.com (697 words) |
| Surgery on the brain is not commonly performed in veterinary medicine, and when it is performed, it is usually done in specialty practices by surgeons or neurosurgeons. |
| Brain surgery carries a high risk and often requires intensive monitoring during anesthesia and surgery and after surgery. |
| Brain surgery is usually done to remove and/or biopsy brain tumors, relieve excessive pressure on the brain caused by fluid accumulation as in hydrocephalus and cerebral edema, and repair skull fractures that are pressing on the brain. |
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