title: George Gershwin -- a case of new ways in neurosurgery as well as in the history of Western music.
abstract: George Gershwin, the famous American composer, died in 1937 of a temporal lobe glioma. An emergency surgery was performed by R. Nafziger and W. E. Dandy. The case of George Gershwin indicates the beginning of a new era in music history as well as in the history of neurosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Chirurgische Forschung, Institut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin der, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Campus Köln-Merheim, Ostmerheimer Str. 200, 51109, Köln, Germany, elena-romana.gasenzer@gmx.de.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gasenzer
authors.forename: Edmund A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Neugebauer
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005910:Glioma / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery