Pendleton Courtney, Belzberg Allan J, Spinner Robert J, Quinones-Hinojosa Alfredo
1Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
J Neurosurg. 2018 Apr 13;130(3):712-715. doi: 10.3171/2017.9.JNS17173. Print 2019 Mar 1.
Harvey Cushing is widely regarded as one of the forefathers of neurosurgery, and is primarily associated with his work on intracranial pathology. However, he had a clinical and academic interest in peripheral nerve surgery. Through the courtesy of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives, the surgical records of the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1896 to 1912 were reviewed. The records of a single patient undergoing brachial plexus exploration and cervical rib resection were selected for detailed review. The operative report and accompanying illustrations demonstrate Cushing's interest in adding approaches to the pathology of the brachial plexus to his operative armamentarium.
