title: Early surgeons performing trepanation: an examination of Scythian trepanations in the Gorny Altai at Hippocratic times.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Leo Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Montefiore; and Clinical Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. Electronic address: james.goodrich@einstein.yu.edu.
authors.forename: James Tait
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Goodrich
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D010164:Paleopathology; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*; D014207:Trephining / Q000266:history*
keywords: Archaeology; Gorny Altay; Head injury; MSCT; Multislice computed tomography; Scythian times; Trepanation