Well, it’s not brain surgery.” It’s meant as a joke — a way to say something isn’t that hard. But for me and my colleagues, it is brain surgery. Every single day. And it’s hard in ways that go far ...

The leucotome is a simple surgical instrument. Invented by Canadian neurosurgeon Dr. Kenneth McKenzie, the leucotome consists of a needle with a retractable wire loop that, when inserted and rotated ...

"It was surreal." Thankfully, all went well. Now two years after the surgery, Rust has a device in his chest that's connected to the wires implanted in his brain.

In a randomized trial published this April in The New England Journal of Medicine, Nico’s approach of surgically removing the hematoma from the brain within 24 hours was able to cut the 30-day ...

In a 2019 review of 114 studies, researchers found that the risk of complications from surgical treatment for unruptured brain aneurysms was 8.34% and the death rate was 0.1%.

Not waking up after brain aneurysm surgery can happen for many reasons, from effects of anesthesia to serious complications. Here's what you need to know.