The beginnings of neurosurgery in Croatia date to the end of the 19th century when Teodor Wickerhauser performed the first craniotomy in the country in 1886. Exactly 60 years later, in 1946, Danko Riessner founded a separate neurosurgical ward in Zagreb and is therefore considered the founder of Croatian neurosurgery. His main scientific contribution was a paper on the shifting of brain masses, published in 1939. The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Zagreb was founded in 1974 as one of the first institutions of its kind in Southeast Europe. Finally, the Croatian Neurosurgical Society was founded in 1992 to promote the neurosurgical profession and science at the national level. This historical vignette aimed to provide a brief chronology of the most important events and notable people in the history of Croatian neurosurgery, as well as to commemorate its founders and highlight its development from the beginning to its current state of proficiency and expertise.

克罗地亚神经外科的起源可以追溯到 19 世纪末，当时 Teodor Wickerhauser 于 1886 年在该国进行了第一例开颅手术。整整 60 年后，即 1946 年，Danko Riessner 在萨格勒布建立了一个独立的神经外科病房，因此被认为是创始人克罗地亚神经外科。他的主要科学贡献是 1939 年发表的一篇关于脑团转移的论文。萨格勒布大学神经外科系成立于 1974 年，是东南欧最早的此类机构之一。最后，克罗地亚神经外科学会于 1992 年成立，旨在促进国家层面的神经外科专业和科学发展。这个历史小插曲旨在提供克罗地亚神经外科历史上最重要事件和著名人物的简短年表，并纪念其创始人并强调其从开始到目前的熟练程度和专业知识的发展。