[The current neurosurgical resources on the Internet]

Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko. 1999 Apr-Jun:(2):3-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Progress of information and telecommunication technologies, rapid development of local computer networks and their incorporation into the global computer network Internet are of great importance for the development of modern civilization. Internet presents all spheres of human activities, including medicine, neurosurgery in particular. It is the most available resource that has an unlimited amount of information, expands and is supplemented in geometric progression. A great deal of specialized neurosurgical information has been accumulated in the network that may be available to any neurosurgeon irrespective of the geographical region. There has come a time when information can be obtained through progress in telecommunication technologies that accelerate this process by hundreds of times, there has come a time when colleagues can actively contact with each other by transmitting not only verbal and textual information, but also graphic and video information. The present paper presents a review of currently available Internet neurosurgical resources by showing the benefits of this information source and the possibilities of its use in neurosurgery for both educational and scientific purposes.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Databases as Topic
  • Humans
  • Information Services*
  • Internet*
  • Neurosurgery* / education
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Remote Consultation
  • Societies, Medical