Neurosurgery
Introduction to the Department
The Neurosurgery Department has established a collaborative medical service system with other clinical departments, such as the Neurology Department, Rehabilitation Department, Radiology Department, and Ophthalmology Department, to provide not only general medical services but also systematic and specialized medical services.
This department provides highly specialized medical services centering on brain diseases such as brain tumor as well as cerebrovascular diseases and spinal diseases. It is equipped with state-of-the-art medical service equipment, including expensive equipment for cerebrovascular intervention surgeries, brain and spine endoscope devices, laser equipment, microscope equipment, stereotactic devices, and brain disease navigation equipment.
Treatments & Services
Spinal diseases
Disc hernia, various kinds of spine (spinal cord) diseases (tumor, infection, artery/vein malformation, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, trauma, and spinal deformities such as scoliosis or kyphosis)
Vascular diseases afflicting the nervous system
Ischemic stroke (acute cerebrovascular occlusion, carotid stenosis, chronic cerebrovascular stenosis), hemorrhagic stroke (subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage), cerebral aneurysm, dissection of the cerebral arteries, cerebral artery/vein malformation, moyamoya disease, carotid cavernous fistula, dural arteriovenous fistula
Our Neurovascular Surgery Team always uses MEP (motor evoked potential) and SSEP (somatosensory evoked potential) for intraoperative monitoring so that we could minimize the neurological complications that may occur after the surgery. The major strength of our Neurovascular Surgery Team is its outstanding operation score in bypass surgery, which requires a high surgical level, especially for moyamoya disease, acute or chronic cerebral infarction, giant aneurysm, and cerebral arterial stenosis. Minimally invasive aneurysm surgery using endoscope is an additional merit of our Neurovascular Surgery Team. Our Endovascular Neurosurgery Team is also by far the best of all. Every year, several foreign doctors request training from our Endovascular Neurosurgery Team.
Brain tumor diseases
All kinds of brain tumors, including gliomas, meningiomas, pituitary tumors, schwannomas, and metastatic brain tumors, are well treated by the Neuro-Oncology Team of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. The Neuro-Oncology Team consists of the professors of the Department of Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Rehabilitation Medicine, and is a multi-disciplinary team. Moreover, there are two specialized centers for brain tumors: Gamma Knife Center and Endoscopic Brain Surgery Clinic. Many brain tumors as well as cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral arteriovenous malformations and cavernous hemangiomas are good indications of gamma knife radiosurgery. Endoscopic brain surgery may be a minimally invasive surgery for sellar tumors, including pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, and meningiomas.
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