• World Neurosurg · Mar 2017

    Review

    Neurosurgeons in Japan are exclusively brain surgeons.

    • Shunji Asamoto.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mita Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: spine-asm@iuhw.ac.jp.
    • World Neurosurg. 2017 Mar 1; 99: 145-149.

    BackgroundIn Japan, neurosurgeons have traditionally mainly treated brain diseases, with most cases involving the spine and spinal diseases historically being treated by orthopedists. Nowadays, spinal surgery is 1 of the many subspecialties in the neurosurgical field in Japan.MethodsMost patients with neurological deficits or suspected neurological diseases see board-certified neurosurgeons directly in Japan, not through referrals from family physicians or specialists in other fields.ResultsProblems originating in the spine and spinal cord have been overlooked or misdiagnosed in these situations.ConclusionsNeurosurgeons in Japan must rethink the educational program to include advanced trauma life support and spinal surgery.Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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