Departments/Faculties
KNU School Of MedicineDepartment | Department of Neurosurgery |
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Introduction | Since the Department of Neurosurgery was separated as an independent department in medical school from the Department of Surgery in 1960, the department has been able to educate medical students about neuroscience and treat patients with neurological diseases in Kyungpook National University School of Medicine and hospital. The department is currently well developed and divided into five divisions: neurovascular center, neurological tumor center, spine center, pediatric neurosurgery, and gamma knife center.
2. In the neurological tumor center, studies on the treatment of malignant neuroglioma and gliomatosis are in progress. Currently, the treatment of the migration of meningioma cells to cerebrospinal fluid, the tumors originated from the transitional zones between skull and cervical spine, and new treatment modality for glioblastoma multiforme are underway. 3. In the spine center, extensive studies on trauma and upper cervical spine have been conducted. Further studies on the recurrent lumbar spine diseases and the dynamics of spine have been recently underway. Several new drugs including valproic acid have been tested for protection of spinal cord injury. Moreover, an osteoporosis model was made to study the dynamics of spine bones.
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Professors | Chairman: Jae-chan Park, MD, PhD
Sung-Kyoo Hwang, MD, PhD
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