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neurosurgery

surgery performed on the nervous system; medical specialty concerning disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system
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Summary

neurosurgery is a medical specialty[1]. neurosurgery ranks in the top 7% of medical specialty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,065 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3]
  • Subclass of: surgery[4]
  • Part of: neurology[5], surgery[6]
  • Commons category: Neurosurgery[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Neurosurgery[8]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=neurosurgery[9]
  • History of topic: history of neurology and neurosurgery[10]
  • Uses: neurosurgical procedure[11]
  • Practiced by: neurosurgeon[12]

Why It Matters

neurosurgery has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] neurosurgery is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute Ludwig Guttmann neurology Robert Sapolsky surgery

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q21883
    Svkkl authority id → h0001053-neurochirurgie
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 18w ago · O Breixo · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 156700
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 156700"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image last checked license → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Part of → neurology, surgery
    Subclass of → surgery
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 13905, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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