Introduction

The practices of Neurosurgery Department include general neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, and neural regeneration & repair. We have currently 18 neurosurgeons , 2 fellows, and 11 residents, and are the important site for neurosurgical internship and clerkship training in Taiwan.

Other than traditional brain and spinal surgery, our neurological surgery system introduced gamma knife radiation surgical therapy, different from general craniotomy on skull base tumors and vascular malformation.  We also provide technical epilepsy surgery against certain intractable epilepsy.  In the neurological critical care room, we have an advanced monitoring system for patients undergoing critical brain surgeries and head traumas to pay attention to intracranial pressure and critical conditions of patients.  The Neurological Regeneration Division offers the latest therapy to spinal cord trauma, brachial plexus injury and general calf nerve injury cases.

Learning Objectives

1. Realize the surgical indications for diseases including spine and head injury, neurological tumor, spondylosis of spine.

2. Familiarize with patient evaluation: history taking and physical examination, interpretation of laboratory results, neurological examination.

3. Perform teamwork and closely collaborate with other colleagues.

Available Supervisors

1. Chief of Department, Prof. Yang-Hsin Shih, M.D., Seizure surgery
2. Min-Hsiung Chen, MD, PhD, general neurological surgery
3. Henrich Cheng, MD, PhD, spinal surgery, neuroregeneration
4. Ming-Chao Huang, MD, PhD, pediatric neurological surgery
5. Wen-Yuh Chung, MD, PhD, functional neurological surgery
6. Ming-Teh Chen, MD, PhD, critical care in neurological surgery

Tentative Schedule

WEEK ONE

General care about neurological surgery patients

Brain and spine

WEEK TWO

Critial care about neurological surgery patients

Brain and spine

WEEK THREE

General neurological surgery inside OR

Spinal neurological surgery inside OR

WEEK FOUR

Functional neurological surgery inside OR

Pediatric neurological surgery inside OR

Assessment

Individual feedback

Primary care and Neurological examination

References

1. Handbook of Neurosurgery 7th edition Edition by Mark S. Greenberg
2. Youmans Neurological Surgery, 4-Volume Set by H. Richard Winn MD