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About Neurosurgery Unit

About Neurosurgery Unit

The Neurosurgery Unit is one of the leading units in the Kingdom which aims to receive and treat patients from all over the country and from abroad.

The unit was established in 1402H corresponding to 1982.

The Neurosurgery Unit has been equipped with the latest facilities and devices necessary to perform all major microbiological surgeries such as brain tumors, cerebrovascular aneurysms, pituitary tumors, complex spinal surgery such as spinal cartilage and spinal cord tumors and spinal incontinence.

Neurosurgery is equipped with the latest devices such as the neuro-navigation system, O-arm radiography for CT scan during operation, neurological monitoring devices, surgical endoscopes, and the latest surgical microscopes associated with navigation devices equipped with tumor Screening. After the unit expansion, the magnetic resonance device (MRI) has been installed inside the operation room (Brain Suite), which helps the surgeon to completely eradicate tumors while maintaining vital brain centers.

All the consultant physicians in the Neurosurgery Unit at King Khalid University Hospital have the Canadian and British Fellowships and the specialty certificate in Spinal Surgery, Brain Tumors, Pulmonary Tumors, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Endoscopic Surgery.

Neurosurgery outpatient clinic treats about 3000 patients, 1,200 patients are admitted, and 550-600 surgical procedures are performed each year.

The Neurosurgery Unit, in cooperation with its counterpart in the Kingdom, established the Saudi Society for Neurosurgery by Professor Zain Al Abidine Jamjoum in 2006. We are one of the leading units in training Saudi Neurosurgery Fellows, where trainees are trained annually. We are concerned with serving the community and educating citizens through regular awareness campaigns.

The Unit is concerned with medical research and encouraging students and doctors to conduct scientific research and distribute research, where all doctors participate in international conferences and conduct research periodically in international scientific forums. The Unit's doctors have published more than 150 research papers in international and local scientific journals.

 

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تاريخ آخر تحديث : يناير 12, 2023 3:19ص