Future Directions in Neurosurgery
Abstract
The neurosurgical field is changing swiftly. In the last 100 years, neurosurgery has achieved success and access that was beyond the imagination of a nineteen-century surgeon. What is science-fiction now will be fact tomorrow. Open microsurgery has transformed and is transforming into endoscopic/minimally invasive neurosurgery, which is now, in many cases, aided by robotically assisted surgery. In the near future, neurological and neurosurgical diseases will probably be treated by “biological manipulation”. Many researches are defining the future directions of neurosurgery. In this chapter, we will touch on future directions in neurosurgery, i.e., robotics in neurosurgery, neuro stem cell therapy, hydrocephalus research, gene therapy in neurological diseases, and drug addiction surgery.
