Results of the XIVth meeting of the Siberian Association of Neurosurgeons “SibNeuro”.
A regular monthly meeting of the Siberian Association of Neurosurgeons was held on December 25, shortly before the New year holidays. A neurosurgeon from Children’s municipal clinical hospital #1 (Novosibirsk) and guests from Moscow and Irkutsk presented their reports during the meeting.
Aleksandr V.Semenov, MD, associate professor of traumatologic, orthopedic and neurosurgical division of Irkutsk State Academy of postgraduate education, chief neurosurgeon of Irkutsk, Head of neurosurgical division of Irkutsk municipal clinical hospital #3 presented his report on “Diagnostics and treatment of severe complex cerebro-cranial trauma”. In his report Dr.Semenov emphasized diagnostics of intracranial diagnostics in patients with brain traumas.
Aleksey N.Pilipenko, MD, neurosurgeon of Children’s Municipal clinical hospital #1, teaching assistant of hospital and children’s surgery of Novosibirsk State Medical University made a report on “Children’s neurotraumas in conditions of municipal hospital”. Dr.Pilipenko told in detail about the issues of children’s neuro trauma epidemiology in Novosibirsk, different types of children’s craniocerebral injury surgical treatment were also discussed. He shared his own experience in closure of multiple post-operational defects of cranial bones with the usage of autogenous tissues that is a very topical question for pediatric neurosurgery.
Eugenia V.Aleksandrova, MD, neurologist of neurotraumatic division of the Academician N.N.Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Moscow) presented 2 reports: the first lecture on “Coma and post-comatose consciousness disorders: clinic, diagnostics and management” was dedicated to pathophysiology of comatose conditions development, estimation of consciousness level and updating of the type of post-comatose condition in patients with neurosurgical pathology including traumatic brain diseases. She distinguished anatomic and neutrally mediated elements of consciousness disorders, stages of psychic activities regeneration in patients after coma recovery and also therapy of unconsciousness.
The second lecture on “Biomarkers of acute brain damage: 5-minutes test” covered the questions of acute encephalic injury diagnostics (in cases of trauma, brain tissue ischemia of premature genesis) with the help of express-hemo tests where peptide markers are used.
Dzhamil A.Rzaev, MD, Physician-in-Chief of the Federal Neurosurgical Center told about the plans of the Siberian Association of Neurosurgeons for 2016 and announced the up-coming events that will be held under the auspices of SibNeuro. The following events were listed:
· January 21-22 – “Spinal stimulation in treatment of pain syndromes” educational course (senior lecturer is Emil D.Isagulyan);
· January 29 – the XVth meeting of SibNeuro in Novokuznetsk (at the premises of Municipal clinical hospital #29);
· February 26 – the XVIth meeting of SibNeuro in Irkutsk (at the premises of Irkutsk municipal clinical hospital #3);
· March 24-25 – drilling course (faculty is Yuriy V.Kushel);
· July 14-16 – the dates when our Center will host very important guests from all over Russia in the framework of Siberian Neurosurgical Congress;
· November – a course on transnasal endoscopic surgery.
The meeting finished with vivid discussion.
Photos from the event are placed in the Gallery.