General Information

General Information

National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery named after Academician N.N. Burdenko (founded in 1932) is the leading neurosurgical facility in Russia.

The Center is based on:

10 clinical departments for 300 beds

Neurointensive care unit for 40 beds

Operation theater for 22 rooms

The staff of 1450 health care professionals

28 professors

162 MD Ph.D.  

The Center's staff are members of Russian and international societies:

• World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
• Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons (ACNS)
• Euroacademia Multidicsiplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN)
• Russian Association of Neurosurgeons (RAN)
• Russian Association of Spinal Surgeons (RASS)

Annually at the National Center:

• 12 000 inpatients treated
• 10 000 neurosurgical operations performed
• 2 500 radiosurgical procedures done
• 70 000 medical consultations provided
• 1 500 patients served at the day hospital
• 30 000 patients undergo CT, MRI, PET

Neuroimaging diagnostics:

• 4 MR scanners ( 1.5 T and 3.0T)

• 6 CT scanners ( incl. i/op. and ICU)

• 2 DSA

• SPECT

• PET

A range of neurosurgical areas and a broad spectrum of pathology treated at the National Center for Neurosurgery is listed below.

Pediatric neurosurgery:

• brain and spinal cord tumors, including differential craniopharyngioma treatment under the guidance of the Honorary President, MD, Ph.D., Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.N. Konovalov (the world's largest series of over 4,000 observations);

• malformations;

• various types of hydrocephalus;

• сraniofacial deformities;

• epilepsy

Vascular neurosurgery (the founder of endovascular neurosurgery - Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor F.A. Serbinenko developed a technique for the surgical treatment of cerebrovascular diseases - endovascular occlusion, reconstructive vascular surgery, targeted superselective catheterization):

• arterial aneurysms (microsurgical and endovascular operations for cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (the world's largest number of observations (about 2000) of endovascular AVM and dural fistulas of the spinal cord occlusion);

• arteriovenous malformations (removal of big and deeply located vascular malformations;

• arterial anastomoses construction (extra-intracranial and wide-lumen);

• cavernous malformations;

• hemorrhagic stroke;

• stenosis and extra- and intracranial vascular occlusion (reconstructive surgery of brachiocephalic vessels with their occlusion, etc.)

Neurooncology:

• skull base tumors including acoustic neuromas, meningiomas and other lesions

• skull base tumors with invasion into the orbit, cavernous sinus, anterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, posterior cranial fossa;

• intracerebral hemispheric tumors;

• tumors of the ventricle,

• pineal area tumors using minimally invasive approach technology (key-hole and burr-hole surgery),

• brainstem tumor;

• colloid cysts;

• cavernomas and hematomas (also involving brainstem);

• epidermoid and dermoid cysts;

• pineal cysts;

• gliomas (astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, oligoastrocytoma, glioblastoma);

• lymphomas;

• chordomas;

• pituitary adenomas (over 5000 observations of endoscopic transnasal removal of pituitary adenomas);

• craniopharyngiomas;

• cerebellar tumors;

• cystic brain neoplasms;

• common craniofacial angiofibromas;

• metastatic tumors.

Functional neurosurgery:

• neurosurgical treatment of extrapyramidal disorders (Parkinson's disease, dystonia, various types of tremors and hyperkinesis)

• neurosurgical treatment of chronic non-oncological pain syndromes (chronic head and facial pain, neuritis, neuralgia, neuropathy of extremities, Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of both types, pain syndromes followed by limb amputation, tunnel pain syndromes, pain syndromes after spinal surgery, facet pain syndrome, pain after chest and mammary gland surgery, postherpetic neuralgia, ischemic pain in the upper and lower extremities and angina pectoris when revascularizing operations are impossible)

• neurosurgical treatment of oncological pain syndromes.

• surgical treatment of spastic syndromes as a result of spinal cord and craniocerebral trauma, neurodegenerative diseases

• surgical treatment of various forms of infantile cerebral palsy

• surgical treatment of obstetric paralysis

• surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of the peripheral nervous system

• surgical treatment of neurogenic disorders of the pelvic organs (myelodysplasia, consequences of spinal cord injuries)

• surgical treatment of psychiatric diseases (Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-copulsive disorders, depression)

• surgical treatment of epilepsy

Neurotrauma:

• acute (including severe) traumatic brain injury with invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure followed by specialized neurosurgical care (decompressive cranioectomy, intracranial hematomas, depressed fractures removal);

• the consequences of craniocerebral trauma and decompressive trepanation in relation to hemorrhagic strokes: bone defects of the cranial vault, including those involving the orbit, stereolithographic modeling techniques.

• hydrocephalus (post-traumatic, occlusive, normotensive) using a step-by-step personalized diagnostic algorithm, the TAP test, individual selection of shunt systems

• purulent-inflammatory diseases of the skull bones and brain (abscesses, empyema, osteomyelitis)

• basal cerebrospinal fluid leaks (posttraumatic and spontaneous) with endoscopic and microsurgical interventions.

 Spinal neurosurgery

• spinal cord and spine tumors (intramedullary, extramedullary, intradural, extradural, paravertebral tumors, hourglass tumors)

• degenerative diseases (herniated intervertebral discs, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis)

• spine and spinal cord injuries

• malformations

• tumors and trauma of the peripheral nervous system

The Center’s infrastructure also includes the essential units:

• radiotherapy department (5 units)
• department of otorhinolaryngology
• department of neuroophthalmology
• department of psychiatry
• department of neurorehabilitation
• outpatient department
• clinical diagnostic laboratory
• department of clinical and industrial transfusiology
• pathology department (reference center for pathomorphological and immunohistochemical diagnostics of CNS tumors)

Intraoperative technologies:

• 2 intraoperative CT (Siemens 256-slice CT-scanner and cone-beam intraoperative CT-scanner «O-arm» Medtronic)

• intraoperative MRI

• Awake surgery

• digital subtraction angiography device

• neuroendoscopy

• navigation technologies

• intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring

• laser fluorospectroscopy

• computer modeling and laser stereolithography

• robot-assisted neurosurgery

• neuromodulation

The Center is proud of its own:

• Scientific and educational center (simulation center)
• Conference hall (520 seats), which has hosted more than 100 conferences, including European Association of Neurosurgical Societies and World Federation of Neurosurgical congresses.

National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery named after academician N.N. Burdenko is accredited under the program of the National Institute for Quality in 2019 (certificate №0034/01КБМД, valid 25.12.2019 - 25.12.2022)

 

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