The open access video collection project “Hernesniemi's 1001 and more microsurgical videos of Neurosurgery”: A legacy for educational purposes

BACKGROUND: Neurosurgical educational programs and courses are helpful to improve the quality of training. Moreover, nowadays, online activities may represent a very useful tool to globally enhance neurosurgical education. The "Hernesniemi's 1001 and more microneurosurgical videos" project aims to show the microsurgical style developed by the senior author and his TEAMs in more than 40 years of experience. METHODS: More than 1100 high-definition videos of microneurosurgical operations performed by the senior author were carefully edited. These videos illustrate the philosophy of "simple, clean, fast and preserving the normal anatomy" while offering a step by step guide of different neurosurgical procedures. RESULTS: All the aforementioned material is well organized in an electronic videobook, freely available in Surgical Neurology International. The book also includes comments of great current neurosurgeons and writings of the authors and editors. CONCLUSION: We are sure that our project will be able to instill in and spread across the neurosurgical community the microneurosurgical style of the senior author, thus representing an efficient educational tool for surgeons all around the world.