1Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston.
2Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Sep;53(3):E19. doi: 10.3171/2022.6.FOCUS22233.
Dr. Arnold Max Meirowsky (1910-1984) was enormously influential to military neurosurgery during the Korean War, introducing to the American military the concept of the mobile neurosurgical unit. After implementation of the neurosurgical detachment, meningocerebral infections saw a decrease from 41% to less than 1%, with similar improvements in mortality and complication rates. Additionally, Meirowsky developed many techniques and improvements in neurosurgery, specifically in the field of neurosurgical trauma, which he dedicated himself to even after reentering civilian practice. Furthermore, his mentorship of Korean surgeons and the influence of his mobile neurosurgical unit were major influences cited to be pivotal to the founding of neurosurgery as a specialty in South Korea. As he is underrecognized for these accomplishments in the neurosurgical literature, the authors seek to review his wartime and career contributions. They also specifically present details of his standardization of the mobile neurosurgical unit and showcase several of his other advancements in the treatment of neurosurgical trauma.
阿诺德·马克斯·迈罗夫斯基博士（1910-1984 年）在朝鲜战争期间对军事神经外科学产生了巨大影响，他向美国军队引入了移动神经外科单位的概念。神经外科分离实施后，脑膜炎感染率从 41%降至 1%以下，死亡率和并发症率也有类似改善。此外，迈罗夫斯基在神经外科领域，特别是在神经外科创伤领域，发展了许多技术和改进，并在重新进入民用实践后仍致力于此。此外，他对韩国外科医生的指导以及他的移动神经外科单位的影响，被认为是神经外科学在韩国成为一门专业的关键因素。由于他在神经外科学文献中没有得到这些成就的认可，作者试图回顾他在战时和职业生涯中的贡献。他们还特别介绍了他对移动神经外科单位的标准化的细节，并展示了他在神经外科创伤治疗方面的其他几个进展。
