A Contribution to Cerebral Surgery Diagnosis, Localization, and Operation for Removal of Three Tumors of the Brain

The Management and Imaging of Vestibular Schwannomas

“…Charles McBurney performed the first sub-occipital plate removal in 1891 13 , though the patient died soon after. A few years later, Sir Charles Balance in England was the first to successfully remove a VS via a sub-occipital plate and blunt dissection of a CPA mass 14 .…”

Historical Perspective on Evolution in Management of Lateral Skull Base Tumors

“…3 Because of excessive cerebellar swelling, no tumor could be removed and the patient died 12 days later. Soon thereafter (1894), an account from Charles Ballance described the first successful complete removal of an AN.…”

Anesthesia, Antisepsis, Microscope: The Confluence of Neurotology

“…Encouraged by the success of Godlee's operation using neurologic tumor localization and aseptic technique in 1884 [18], several attempts were made in the late 1800s to remove brain tumors that, following their removal, were diagnosed as acoustic neuromas. The first reported unsuccessful case (the patient died) of an acoustic tumor removal was by McBurney in 1891 [30]. Clearly, the influence of the London school of neurosurgery, led by Horsley, had permeated New York by this time where McBurney was working, because in the report he described his use of tumor localization and its influence upon diagnosis and surgery.…”