[Neurosurgery in a small Danish county Hospital 1922-50].

Abstract

Jacob Nordentoft (1881-1954), head of a remote small county hospital in Denmark 1922-50 (88 beds) was a very skilled surgeon strongly in favour of master class education. He did not at all like subspecialisation in surgery, but admitted that neurosurgery might be an exception. However, he found the neurosurgical technique pretty simple. Meticulous analysis of all his neurosurgical procedures, including spinal cord tumors, cord compression, brain tumors, and myelomeningoceles in the preserved medical records from his time reveal results just as good and often better than in much more specialized clinics.