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- Title
The overview history of neurosurgery in Republic of Turkey.
- Authors
Aydın, Şule
- Abstract
Modern history of Neurosurgery started in Turkey in 20th century. Dr. Cemil Topuzlu (1868-1958) is the pioneer of modern surgery in Turkey. Dr. Mim Kemal Öke (1884-1955) wrote the first neurosurgery book ''Dimağ ve Cümcüme Afetleri ve Tedavileri'' in 1924. Dr. Mazhar Osman (1884-1955) who is a neuropsychiatrist and the founder of modern neuroscience in Turkey, studied on organic reasons of neuropsychiatric diseases and reported them for surgeons. Dr. Abdulkadir Cahit Tuner (1892-1980) became the first neurosurgeon in 1923. The first university which has neurosurgery specialization programme was Istanbul University in 1933. The Ministry of Health organized an examination to certify the physicians as neurosurgery specialists in 1947. Dr. Cemil Şerif Baydur (1894-1967) wrote the first Turkish book of neurosurgery "Nöroşirurji Bahisler". Dr. Cafer Tayyar Kankat (1898-1955) published the first Turkish neurosurgery journal "Modern Cerrahi ve Nöroşirürji Mecmuası" (1936-1947) which is one of the earliest neurosurgery journals in the world. Dr. Hami Dilek (1898-1969) is the founder of the first clinic with neurosurgery specialization program in 1949. Psychosurgical applications were firstly carried out in the early 1950s. The first psychosurgery was performed by Dr. Ertuğrul Saltuk in 1950. After the discovery of the drug named chlorpromazine, these operations were gradually terminated at that times. In 1960s, Dr. Gazi Yaşargil who developed microsurgical technique in neurosurgery became one of the most important scientists in the history and present of Turkish Neuroscience. Dr. Yaşargil was honored as "Man of the Century 1950-2000" in "Neurosurgery at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting".
- Subjects
TURKEY; NEUROSURGERY; ISTANBUL Universitesi; REPORTING of diseases; PERIODIC health examinations; TURKISH history
- Publication
Anatomy: International Journal of Experimental & Clinical Anatomy, 2019, Vol 13, Issue S1, pS75
- ISSN
1307-8798
- Publication type
Article