Neurological surgery in our changing times

Abstract

The President of the AANS evaluates the need for more neurosurgeons in the United States and concludes, on the basis of detailed surveys and analyses, that the field is nearing saturation. His evidence includes the effects of curricular change, the complicated process of accreditation, the shifting course of Federal support, the geographic distribution of neurosurgeons, the specific number of operations performed, and the effect of fragmentation within the specialty of neurosurgery.