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The KMUH division of Neurosurgery carries a continuing commitment to provide excellence leadership in the major disciplines of Neurosurgery.

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This division was set up in 1976. Its offers patient care and training in aspects of neurological surgery.

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This division provides 100 acute-bed service  and approximately 1,500 operations annually.

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The members in this division are : 13 faculty staffs, 2 chief residents and 6 residents.

Neurosurgery centers have been established in the following:

• (1) Head injury

(a) acute: acute intracranial bleeding, open head injury, penetrate injury

(b) chronic: chronic intracranial bleeding

• (2) Cerebrovascular diseases

AVM, Aneurysm and hypertensive intracerebral bleeding

• (3) Brain Tumor

Every kind of benign, malignant brain minor, especially aspect of trans-sphenoidal surgery of pituitary tumor, and we quote endoscopic surgery from now.

• (4) Functional disorders

(a) Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm
(b) Stereotactic surgery of Brain
(c) Intractable cancer pain
(d) Parkinson's disease
(e) Epilepsy surgery
(f) Hyperhidrosis palmaris

• (5) Pediatric neurosurgical problems and congenital malformations

•NHead disorders, hydrocephalus, spinal cord-cele

• (6) Spinal disorders

(a) Spinal trauma, spinal fracture
(b) Intervertebral disk herniation
(c) Degenerative disease of spine
(d) Spinal tumor

• (7) Peripheral nerve diseases

Brachial Plexus disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve palsy, etc.

• (8) Inflammation disorders

Brain and spinal cord's suppuration and cerebral meningins, meningitis

• (9) Others

Repair of defect of skull bone, anastomosis of intra-cranial vessel, carotid artery surgery etc.

Clinical Research  See more...

1. Eucidation of the interactions among cell and adhesion molecule. E-Cadherin, p -catein. ARC: suppressor gene protein linkage maps in Human Brain Tumor.

2. Directed evolution ofN-acetyl-D-glucosamine-Z-epimerase by DNA shuffling

3. A study on the expression of a Pituitary-specfic transcription factor Pit-1 gene in pituitary tumor cells and its synergistic activation Wth thyroid hormone receptors.

4. Effects of an ECE Inhibitor, CGS 26303. on SAH-induced vasospasm.
   

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