Contribution of the staff of the Military medical academy to the development of peripheral nerve surgery

Abstract

The formation of the neurosurgical service in our country, as well as the development of peripheral nerve surgery, is inextricably linked with prominent figures - employees of the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy: L.M. Puseppa, V.N. Shamova, V.I. Grebenyuk, B.A. Samotokina, A.N. Solomina, E.I. Usanova, E.D. Alekseeva, F.S. Govenko, B.V. Martynova, A.E Belousova, etc. Already from the beginning of the 20th century, Ludwig Martynovich Pusepp has been actively engaged in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of peripheral nerve damage at the Imperial Military Medical Academy. In the second half of the XX century. peripheral nerve surgery undergoes an important stage: the transition to microsurgery. This stage is marked by the rapid development and implementation of microsurgical techniques in the treatment of patients suffering from traumatic lesions of limbs and nerves. The Academy is actively developing revascularization and reinnervation techniques for injuries to the limbs. Based on the analysis of the data of the Great Patriotic War and the war in Afghanistan, the Academy staff published works on the organization of medical care and surgical treatment of combat injuries of peripheral nerves. Thanks to the active scientific and practical work of A.E. Belousova, N.G. Gubochkina, E.D. Alekseeva, F.S. Govenko, B.V. Martynova at the beginning of the XXI century. Clinic of Neurosurgery of the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy becomes a leading institution in Russia, where they provide assistance to patients suffering from injuries and diseases of the peripheral nervous system.