Neurosurgeon Research Paper

Most people do not know what exactly a neurosurgeon is. Many people believe that a neurosurgeon is a surgeon that works on the brain and the brain only. They believe that a neurosurgeon is just like Dr. Shepherd on the hit show since 2005, Grey's anatomy. Little do they know that that's not what all neurosurgeons do. A neurosurgeon is a surgeon who specializes in the surgeries, and diagnostics treatment of the peripheral and central nervous system, which is the spine, nerves, and brain, this including trauma, tumors, vascular disorders, strokes, certain birth defects, and infections of the brain and the spinal cord. If you go and see a neureologist and they see a tumor in the brain, they will then send you to a neurosurgeon and they will …show more content…
Neurosurgeons need to pay attention to detail and precision. Neurosurgeons have to have manual dexterity, this means be able to make coordinated hand and finger movements to to grasp and manipulate objects while performing surgery. If they fail to be able to coordinate their hands and the tools, they could mess up and make a larger incision, or use the scalpel in the wrong area and could possibly damage your frontal lobe which is the ability to speak, move muscles, and remember things,for example to brush your teeth, or to eat everyday. It is basically your habits and if your surgeon does not have manual dexterity all of this could be destroyed. You would forget how to do everything that is so simple. Another personal quality is managing stress efficiently. This means under pressure, or a big surgery, you have to calm yourself down and do what you know how to do best. As a neurosurgeon, you also have to be able to show empathy and compassion, but also has to be professional at the exact same time. As a neurosurgeon, you are allowed to feel bad for a patient and what trauma they have been through, but you can not obsess over it. You have to act professional and get the job done so they will get