Alaric Steinmetz
Editorial and content responsibility
Ars Neurochirurgica
Neurosurgical knowledge. Structured, reliable, and freely accessible.
Ars Neurochirurgica is an independent medical reference for clinical practice, created to make relevant knowledge easy to find and understand.
Independent
Open access
Trilingual
Purpose
Our mission
Clinically relevant neurosurgical knowledge should be available where it is needed: clearly organized, quickly searchable, and without unnecessary barriers.
The project brings together concise definitions, clinical conditions, classifications, landmark publications, calculators, and further resources in one knowledge base. Content is continuously expanded and revised. It is intended for healthcare professionals, learners, and interested readers, but does not replace individual medical advice.
- Lexicon entries
- 1768
- Scores & classifications
- 108
- Clinical conditions
- 14
- Landmark papers
- 40
Principles
What we stand for
Six simple principles guide the design and editorial work.
- Clinical relevance
- The focus is information that supports orientation in everyday neurosurgical practice and can be understood quickly.
- Scientific foundation
- Classifications, studies, and medical statements are presented with sources and appropriate clinical context.
- Clear structure
- Short paths, consistent categories, and capable search make even extensive content approachable.
- Continuous maintenance
- Entries are regularly expanded, clarified, and aligned with the evolving state of knowledge.
- Responsibility
- Medical information is presented transparently and with clear limits; it is not a substitute for personal treatment.
- Open access
- This independently operated project makes its knowledge available without registration and on every device. Advertising may help cover running costs; medical content is selected and assessed independently of advertising providers.
Behind the scenes
Technology behind the project
Content is maintained in a transparent flat-file system and delivered as a fast static website. Search and hosting are designed for discoverability, privacy, and short loading times.
- Statamic
- Laravel
- Algolia
- Cloudflare Pages
Editorial
An independent project
Ars Neurochirurgica is maintained editorially as a private one-person project. Feedback about errors, unclear wording, or missing topics is expressly welcome.
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From the blog
Website updates and selected articles from the neurosurgical knowledge archive.
