Neurosurgical Department №1

Neurosurgical Department №1 has 45 beds, and is located on the 3^rd floor of the clinical building, which includes comfortable block type double chambers. The head of the Department is V.A. Smejanovich, MD. Scientific supervisor is professor Shan’ko J.H, PhD (Doctor of Medical Sciences).

The Department provides surgical treatment for the patients with the following diseases:

• cerebral and spinal cord tumors;
• diseases of peripherical nervous system;
• cerebral saccular aneurisms and vascular malformations (both direct and endovascular interventions);
• sciatica due to disk herniation (microsurgical discectomy) and lumbosacral stenosis;
• various forms of hydrocephalus;
• cranial nerve neuralgia;
• consequences of injuries (traumatic brain injury, traumatic plexus injury, as well as injuries of peripheral and facial nerves).

The following minimally invasive endoscopic surgeries are carried out:

• transnasal endoscopic tumor removal (tumors of chiasmosellar area);
• transcranial intraventricular surgery for treatment of hydrocephalus and intraventricular tumors;
• tumor removal of the anterior and posterior fossae;
• transnasal reconstructive surgery for CSF fistulae;
• minimally invasive stereotaxic neurosurgical interventions.

Neurosurgical Department №1 has a rich history. Its predecessor was Neurosurgical Department, which was established in 1949 in Belarussian Soviet Republic. In the beginning it was located on the basis of Minsk Clinical Hospital №3 and was a part of The Institute of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Physiotherapy. The head of the Department was The President of National Science Academy of BSSR, academician of Academy of Medical Science of the USSR N.I. Hrashchenkov, who initiated the foundation of neurosurgical scientific department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Physiotherapy (now – Republican Research and Clinical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery).