Abstract
William Macewen was a visionary fearless Scottish surgeon who performed the first documented successful resection of a brain tumor on July 27, 1879. The pioneering operation received little attention at the time, and even today Macewen is under-recognized for his historic accomplishment. In this vignette, the author discusses details of Macewen’s landmark procedure and describes two other groundbreaking brain tumor operations, one performed by Rickman Godlee 5 years later and another performed by Zanobi Pecchioli almost half a century earlier.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3019-3024 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Child's Nervous System |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2023 |
Keywords
- Antisepsis
- Brain tumor
- Glioma
- Godlee
- History
- Localization
- Macewen
- Meningioma
- Operation
- Pecchioli
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health