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Toyohiko Isu
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Editor’s Short Essay 4; Older Neurosurgeons, Be Ambitious!
In his famous speech, Dr. William Smith Clark, the first vice-principal of Sapporo Agricultural College, a part of Hokkaido University, shouted: “Boys, be ambitious!”.
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Editor’s Short Essay 1; Meeting Dr. Mitsuo Tsuru
In 1973, together with Dr. Hiroyasu Kamiyama, now Director of the Teishinkai Brain Disorder Laboratory, Dr. Mikio Nomura, now Advisor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Ebetsu Hospital, Dr. Takashi Kishihara, ...
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Editor’s Short Essay 3; Meeting Mr. Masami Sato, Acupuncturist
Mr. Masami Sato opened the Shirakaba acupuncture clinic in Sapporo in 1995. He is an accredited acupuncturist and also has a Ph.D. I first met him 20 years ago at a workshop organized by the Department of Neur...
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Editor’s Short Essay 5; Aiming at Medical Care That Cures Patients Using the Physician’s Hands
Have you ever fallen asleep being relieved of stomach ache or fever pain by the warmth your mother’s hand on your belly or forehead? The act of putting a hand on the sufferer’s body is the origin of healing an...
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Editor’s Short Essay 2; Meeting Dr. Yoshinobu Iwasaki
On March 23, 2017, in a phone call from the neurosurgery office of Hokkaido University, I was informed that Dr. Iwasaki had passed away. He was two levels above me at Hokkaido University. Dr. Iwasaki was highl...
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Overview
Paralumbar spine disease and lower limb entrapment neuropathy are not often diagnosed and treated, although their incidence may be very high when patients with mild symptoms are included.
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Incidence of Paralumbar Spine Disease
Paralumbar spine disease is a cause of low back pain (LBP); however, its epidemiology is unknown. Herein, we investigated the incidence of paralumbar spine disease among 367 patients with LBP in the Neurosurgi...
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Syringomyelia in Childhood
Childhood syringomyelia is rare and its clinical symptoms differ from those in adults. From 1982 to 1985, the authors studied 19 children with syringomyelia with high-resolution computed tomography (Siemens So...
