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• 1937 The Division of Neurosurgery brings full
  time focus on neurosurgery to the Twin Cities and
  begins training residents

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• 1950s French and colleagues report the first use
  of ultrasound to locate brain lesions

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• 1950s Chou and colleagues introduce the use of
  radioisotope brain scanning to locate tumors

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• 1961 French and Galicich report on the use of
  dexamethasone for cerebral edema

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• 1970s Chou and colleagues report first
  transthoracic vertebrectomy

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• 1970s Ausman brings EC-IC bypass to Twin Cities

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• 1980s First use of programmable shunts in
  Minnesota

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• 1980s Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity
  comes to Minnesota

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• 1980s Rockswold and Bergman bring hyperbaric
  oxygen for brain injury to Minnesota

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• 1990s Walter Hall brings stereotactic
  radiosurgery to the Twin Cities

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• 1990s Walter Hall brings intraoperative MRI to
  Minnesota

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• 1990s Bob Maxwell brings deep brain stimulation
  for movement disorders to the Twin Cities

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The 21st Century

• The laboratory of molecular neurosurgery
• The laboratory of neural regeneration and repair
• New applications for deep brain stimulation

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