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The work performed in Dr. Rhoton’s Lab, represented by over 500 publications on microneurosurgical anatomy, greatly contributed to improving the level of neurosurgical treatment throughout the world. The authors reviewed the development and activities of the Lab over 40 years. Dr. Albert L. Rhoton Jr., the founder of, and leader in, this field, displayed great creativity and ingenuity during his life. He devoted himself to perfecting his study methodology, employing high-definition photos and slides to enhance the quality of his published papers. He dedicated his life to the education of neurosurgeons. His “lab team,” which included microneuroanatomy research fellows, medical illustrators, lab directors, and secretaries, worked together under his leadership to develop the methods and techniques of anatomical study to complete over 160 microneurosurgical anatomy projects. The medical illustrators adapted computer technologies and integrated art and science in the field of microneurosurgical anatomy. Dr. Rhoton’s fellows established methods of injecting colors and pursued a series of projects to innovate surgical approaches and instruments over a 40-year period. They also continued to help Dr. Rhoton to conduct international educational activities after returning to their home countries. Rhoton’s Lab became a world-renowned anatomical lab as well as a microsurgical training center and generated the knowledge necessary to perform accurate, gentle, and safe surgery for the sake of patients.

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Abbreviations

CN:

cranial nerve

ICA:

internal carotid artery

MVD:

microvascular decompression

UF:

University of Florida

3D:

3-dimensional

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the late Dr. Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. M.D. (University of Florida) for encouraging and helping us to write this manuscript. We would like to recognize and thank William A. Friedman, MD, Professor and Chairman, Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, for his support in the development of this article. In addition, we thank Ms. Jessica Striley and Ms. Sumiko Matsushima for their assistance in preparing and completing this manuscript. We are also grateful to a number of former Rhoton’s research fellows for giving us helpful information relating to the Rhoton’s Lab and to their activities after returning to their own countries.

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Funding was from the University of Florida Foundation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan

    Toshio Matsushima

  2. Neuroscience Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, 3-6-45 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0001, Japan

    Toshio Matsushima

  3. Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    J. Richard Lister & David A. Peace

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Ken Matsushima

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Instituto de Ciencias Neurologicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Evandro de Oliveira

  6. Formerly with Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey

    Erdener Timurkaynak

  7. Stroke and Brain Center, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan

    Shigeaki Kobayashi

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Matsushima, T., Richard Lister, J., Matsushima, K. et al. The history of Rhoton’s Lab. Neurosurg Rev 42, 73–83 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-017-0902-4

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