title: The Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute: past, present, future.
abstract: The Moscow Institute of Neurosurgery was established in 1932. The institute's founders were Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko, the surgeon (his name was later conferred on the institute), and Vasily Vasilyevich Kramer, the neurologist. This article presents the institute's history and its activities in different periods, including scientific and practical achievements in neuro-oncology, cerebrovascular surgery, and neurotraumatology. The institute gave birth to such widely recognized trends as neuropsychology, endovasal neurosurgery, neuroreanimatology (intensive care), and quantitative neuroanatomy. The institute's current problems and prospects for the future are described.
authors.affiliation: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Konovalov
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Yartsev
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Likhterman
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009031:Moscow; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends