It is known that such an important area of ​​medicine as neurosurgery has appeared relatively recently. A little over a century ago, this industry did not stand out from general surgery. However, only some venerable specialists of that time decided to do brain operations. The knowledge and skills of doctors practicing in the 18th-19th centuries allowed successful surgical interventions of severe head injuries only in some cases.
From the history of the emergence of neurosurgery
Since then, medicine has made a tremendous breakthrough. Thanks to decades of hard creative work and research in the field of neuropathology, general surgery, physiology, radiology, microbiology and the development of technology, rapid progress and neurosurgery have not bypassed.
Its foundation, as a separate science, was laid by the famous scientist and great surgeon N.I. Pies. Based on his many years of surgical experience, he described in the classic work “The Beginning of General Military Field Surgery” various types of brain injuries and methods of their treatment. This theory has not lost its relevance to this day.
Today, many hospitals and medical schools throughout Russia are named after an outstanding surgeon. One of them is Samara City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov. Hundreds of human lives are saved there daily.
There is such a calling - spinal neurosurgeon
However, this area of ​​medicine is not limited to the restoration of brain damage. Spinal neurosurgery is a modern scientific and practical field of medicine, in which surgical treatment of diseases of the spinal cord and spine is practiced. Here disciplines such as:
- neurosurgery;
- neurology;
- orthopedics;
- traumatology;
- neuro-radiology and other specialties.
A successful spinal neurosurgeon should be clearly oriented in all these directions. He is obliged to correctly diagnose pathology and determine the most appropriate treatment methods. For this, the neurosurgeon must constantly practice and develop professionally - to be in the know about the latest changes and innovations in the methods of diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
One of the leading specialists in Russia in this field is considered neurosurgeon Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich. Spinal neurosurgery is his "horse". Look at his unique operations come not only colleagues from different regions of our country, but also specialists from the United States, Poland and other countries.
Lead Specialist in Replacing Broken Spinal Disks
The fact that the head of the neurosurgical department of the City Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Samara, a candidate of medical sciences, the famous neurosurgeon Sergeyev himself tries not to miss the opportunity to attend master classes by the best doctors of the world, says a lot. It is known that he was the first in Russia to successfully perform the most complicated spinal surgery, where he was able to replace the destroyed intervertebral disc with an artificial implant. That was in 2006. Since then, patients from all over our country have been striving to get to this doctor. Today, foreign patients come to him.
In order to learn from the experience of eminent colleagues, Sergeyev Sergeyev specially went for the most complicated operations to the best clinics, where operations to treat various pathologies and injuries of the back and neck using high technologies - implant discs - were performed on a large foot. Today, not only colleagues, but also patients of the famous doctor admire his abilities.
The love of patients and the universal recognition of colleagues
The number of fans of the doctor is growing every day. People who have already lost all hope of a normal life without pain are trying to get to him. After each subsequent successful operation, one can increasingly hear: “Sergeyev has golden hands!”, “Talent from God is with the neurosurgeon Sergeyev.” Such reviews sound today more often.
Spinal neurosurgery in Russia - the beginning of a new era
It all started in 2003. At that time, the possibility of implanting artificial discs seemed fantastic to most Russian doctors. In search of new technologies in the treatment of pathologies and injuries of the back and neck, neurosurgeon Sergeev contacted some leading medical clinics in the country. He was lucky - a talented doctor was noticed! One of the Swiss medical missions invited the Samaritan to study and internship abroad. Since then Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich has not lost sight of new opportunities in neurosurgery - he, as they say, keeps his finger on the pulse.
But now Dr. Sergeev is known and respected. In fact, the path to universal acceptance has not always been easy.
Neurosurgeon Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich: biography
We can say that Sergey Sergeev was brought up in a family of doctors. His grandfather, Ivan Ponkratievich, served as a medical assistant even before the revolution. Mother, Anna Vasilievna, and sister, Irina Mikhailovna, are gynecologists known in Samara. Sergei Mikhailovich did not betray family ideals: as a child, the future famous doctor knew exactly who he would be when he became an adult.
An entertaining fact: the mother of the famous doctor worked in the same hospital where Sergeyev Sergeyev is currently receiving. It was she who instilled in her children an interest in medicine. Today, a famous neurosurgeon sometimes recalls: “She often told me interesting cases from her practice, about her experiences in difficult situations. About how successfully they sometimes ended. Therefore, in a certain sense, I was familiar with Pirogovka in early childhood. Most likely, even then, subconsciously, I understood that I would work in this particular clinic. ”
Training and internship
While studying at school, young Seryozha seriously studied chemistry and biology. After graduating from school, Sergeyev entered the Kuibyshev Medical Institute. D. I. Ulyanova (now Samara State Medical University) specializing in medical business. He graduated in 1985, then during the year underwent an internship in surgery. During this period he worked as a resident physician. After graduation, he was assigned to Cheboksary by distribution.
A year later, after returning to Samara, the neurosurgeon Sergeyev settled in the district military hospital, where he worked for more than 12 years. During this time, he rose from the rank of surgeon to the head of the department of a military hospital and left the post already with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During his work, he proved himself to be a talented, courageous, and purposeful doctor who successfully performs complex operations.
Early career difficulties
The formation of the doctor was in the difficult 90s. To have enough for life, the young doctor had to work hard. However, work at the headquarters of a neurosurgeon, part-time surgeon, and endless duty all the same brought a low income - there was catastrophically little money. I had a chance to earn extra money in a medical cooperative, where the future head of the department healed acne and warts. And for this he was paid twice as much as at the main place of work.
It was hard, but Sergey Sergeyev, the neurosurgeon, was not going to quit his favorite business. At about the same time, he went to study in St. Petersburg. For three months Sergey Mikhailovich studied hard, but even there he had to earn extra money - the time was difficult and hungry.
This is now Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich - a successful and self-sufficient person, candidate of medical sciences, chief surgeon and chief vertebrologist of Samara and the Samara region. He is the head of the neurosurgical department of the clinical hospital, is a member of the European branch of the World Society of Spinal Surgeons and the author of 8 scientific papers. Today, the famous doctor laughs: “I can say that I became a neurosurgeon by chance. And so, I wanted to be a urologist, but somehow it didn’t work out. ”
A new round in the development of medicine
Sergeyev left his post because of an invitation to work in the Samara City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov as head of the department of neurosurgery. The beginning of the new millennium marked the era of the rapid development of spinal surgery. In the early 2000s, Sergei Mikhailovich traveled a lot to foreign clinics and seminars of colleagues, brought home new knowledge and modern technology. In Samara, neurosurgeon Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich gave consultations on the problems of diseases and pathologies of the spine not only to his patients, but also to his colleagues and students.
Of special interest to the doctor was always the operation with the use of implants for the spine, which made it possible to replace the destroyed disk with an artificial one. Now, thanks to his efforts, the most difficult spinal operations are performed in Russia no worse than in the West. It was the spinal neurosurgeon Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich who performed the first operation in our country to replace the intervertebral disc.
The biography of Sergeyev Sergey Mikhailovich is replete with the most complicated cases in practice - unique operations, when he again put already hopeless patients on their feet, whom other doctors could not give even comforting forecasts.
The best clinic
The neurosurgical department, headed by Sergeyev, is one of the best in our country. The best specialists in this field work here. “The department has excellent doctors, thinking, developing, modern!” - this is how the chief surgeon of Samara describes his subordinates. Indeed, when the year before last, Sergei Mikhailovich himself had problems with the spine - the most complicated hours-long operations performed on his legs made himself felt, he decided to operate in his department using his own technologies. The operation was successful - the doctor’s back no longer bothers.
Future prospects
Where Sergeyev Sergeyev accepts, there are always many who want to get an appointment with a leading specialist in spinal surgery, not only Russian patients. There were several cases when Sergeyev was contacted by people unsuccessfully operated in foreign clinics for help. I had to remove the implants and implant new ones. After treatment at the Samara Clinical Hospital, foreign citizens safely returned to normal life.
The only thing the manager in his department would like to redo is to bring the service to a decent level. In the near future, on the basis of the neurosurgical department, it is planned to open a special center with forty seats, which will meet the best international standards.
This would ensure the implementation of an integrated approach in the decision to provide care to patients not only from Russia but also from other countries.