INFORMATION FOR SPECIALISTS

The Neurosurgical Service at Department of Spinal surgery of Institute Neurosurgery in Kiev is dedicated to achieving excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Its clinical service, which is provided without discrimination, has as its goal compassionate and effective care and is enhanced through the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological expertise. Its teaching program includes students, residents and graduate physicians. It is designed to promote understanding of neurosurgery and to inspire caring for patients, technical and surgical skill, and scientific inquisitiveness. Its physicians, each of whom has an area of subspecialization, strive to function as a group in an atmosphere of collegiality and mutual respect. The neurosurgical group promotes multidisciplinary collaboration in the medical and scientific communities and is committed to the continued improvement and growth of its comprehensive program, which addresses the needs of patients through the integration of science and quality care.

List of main scientific prerogatives:

• Spine injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Spine Tumor
• Spinal AVM`s
• Syringomyelia and Chiari Malformation
• Herniation of Disc
• Spinal Stenosis
• Acute Low Back Problems
• Low back pain, disability
• Lumbar Disc Herniation
• Lumbar Stenosis
• Cervical Disc Disease
• Cervical Spine Disorders
• Cervical Spondylosis
• Management of Spinal Meningiomas
• Surgery of Meningiomas
• Foramen Magnum Meningioma
• Craniovertebral tumors
• Intramedullar spinal cord tumors
• Spinal AVM
• Spinal instrumentation \ stabilization
• Spinal cord embryonic tissue transplantation
• Autologic stem cell transplantation in spinal cord