UniversitatsSpital Zurich: 80 years of neurosurgical patient care in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The predecessor of today's Department of Neurosurgery, UniversitätsSpital Zürich (USZ), was founded 80 years ago as the first independent Swiss clinic dedicated to neurosurgical patient care. On the occasion of this anniversary, we aimed to highlight the history of neurosurgery as a specialty at the USZ, and to put it into the historical context of Swiss and European Neurosurgery.

Method

A literature review was conducted and we searched the archives of the USZ and the city of Zurich, as well as those of Swiss journals to extract relevant published articles, books, historical reports and pictures. The USZ Department of Medical History, the Museum of Medical History and the Swiss National Library were contacted to provide source material. To further verify the conte

SUBMITTER: Stienen MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735218 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature