1972

1971-1973

Meningeal Melanocytoma was first described in 1972 by Limas and Tio as primary melanotic tumours of the leptomeninges ¹⁾.

ELEKTA Swedish company which manufactures Stereotactic surgery and Radiosurgery equipment, based on the inventions of Lars Leksell. It was founded by him in 1972.

Steiner L, Leksell L, Greitz T, Forster DM, Backlund EO. Stereotaxic radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Report of a case. Acta Chir Scand. 1972;138(5):459-64. PMID: 4560250.

In 1972 eleven neurosurgeons assembled in Chicago a year after attending a meeting in Paris where it was decided that a society of pediatric neurosurgeons working throughout the world should exist. In Chicago, the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) was founded and its first meeting to be held in Tokyo one year later was scheduled.

The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) was founded in 1972.

Starting as official journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society (KNS) in 1972, JKNS is a journal that is listed in the Science Citation Index (SCI)and its impact factor has been steadily rising ²⁾

Neurosurgery at the Fujita Health University began in 1972 with Dr. Tetsuo Kanno.

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Limas C, Tio FO. Meningeal melanocytoma (“melanotic meningioma”). Its melanocytic origin as revealed by electron microscopy. Cancer. 1972 Nov;30(5):1286-94. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197211)30:5<1286::aid-cncr2820300522>3.0.co;2-v. PMID: 4343293.

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Yang HJ, Park CK, Chung M. Half-Centennial History of JKNS : Midway from Domestic Journal to International Journal with Good Influence in Global Neurosurgery. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2022 Aug 17. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2022.0185. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35974433.