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W E L C O M E !
The Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Dammam is most delighted to welcome you to its official website designed and created mainly to keep our own colleagues, trainees and student in Neurosurgical field abreast of the most recent developments, future scientific activities, and most up-to-date information and issues in the field of Neurosurgical practice and related disciplines.
We are in deep commitment of providing the utmost neurosurgical teaching, training and patient care through our highly respected academic clinical associates in an innovative, well-equipped and state-of-the-art University Teaching Hospital setting.
Again, we would like to welcome you, and we hope that you will find visiting our website interesting and beneficial. Please feel free to share with us your comments and suggestions.
We most especially welcome your contribution in the form of article or announcement of your activities or link relevant to Neurosurgical practice and developments.
Please dont forget to create your account in the uppermost left of the page so that you can participate in most of our page herein.
Surf, enjoy and learn!
Horizons of Neurosurgery V: The 6th SANS Annual Meeting
"Neurosurgery: Today, Tommorrow and Beyond"
April 3-5, 2012
Sofitel Alkhobar Corniche
Welcome to the New Academic Year!
Our next meeting for this academic year is on May 29, 2012 at Dhahran International Hotel, 8:30 PM. Our guest speaker is Dr. Salah Al Akkad presenting his valuable lecture entitled "C1-C2 Fixation"
We hope to see you and be delighted by your usual presence.
For more information, please see our ENSC page.
Thank you and best regards.
Prof. Ahmed AmmarOrganizing Head, EPNS
To view ENSC Academic Calendar for the year 2011-2012, click here
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Post Date: October / 10 / 2010
Subject : Achievement Milestones of Dr. Hosam Tahlawi Al Jehani in Neurosurgery Training |
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Dr. Hosam Maher Tahlawi Al Jehani is now on his final year of Neurosurgery Training, and to this point has achieved a lot with regard to clinical, academic and research.
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Post Date: October / 10 / 2010
Subject : Dr. Saleh Al Menawer awarded as the Most Outstanding Trainee at McMaster University |
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The Department of Neurosurgery congratulate our very own trainee resident, Dr. Saleh Abdulmohsen Al-Menawer for being awarded as the Most Outstanding Neurosurgery Trainee in McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
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Post Date: September / 26 / 2010
Subject : Chronic Low Back Pain: A Problem from a Neurosurgery Point of View |
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Management of patients with low back pain (LBP) problems by the primary care physicians or even the spine specialists differ significantly and little is known about treatment strategy. The objective of this review is to present the clinical profile and to assess the most common treatment modalities of patients with low-back pain in order to improve the clinical judjment of the treating physician.data were obtained from a midline literature search of English language articles, also manual revision of original articles and addition of demonstrative figures from patients at our institute was made. LBP is extremely common problem. It is charecterized by attacks of remissions and exacerbations. It is best managed by multidisciplinary team. Primary coordination of treatment may depend on patient’s need and awarness of the treating physician of the impotance of history and physical examinations following the suggested guidelines may help to identify red flags that denoting more serious conditions.
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Post Date: September / 12 / 2010
Subject : Grading and Scoring to Remember! |
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This includes the some of the internationally used Grading and Scoring System for different Neurosurgical cases that a each Trainee Resident should know by heart.
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Post Date: September / 10 / 2010
Subject : 2nd Annual Dinner with the Neurosurgery Alumni |
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The 2nd Annual Dinner with Neurosurgery Alumni was held last June 10, 2010. The Graduates of Neurosurgery Fellowship gathered together again mainly to see, mingle and bond with each other not only as colleagues but as family.
The Most Achieved Graduate of this year (2009-2010) was recognized, and was awarded to Prof. Bassem Y. Sheikh.
The 3rd Alumni Dinner is on May 9, 2011, and the next Most Achieved Graduate is being looked for...
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Post Date: September / 8 / 2010
Subject : KACST Patent for Al-Anazi VU Shunt |
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Dr. Abdulrahman Al Anazi obtained patency from King Abdulaziz Center for Science and Technology for his invention, Al-Anazi Ventriculo-Uterine Shunt.
Al Anazi VU Shunt is used for intrauterine treatment of fetal hydrocephalus.
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Post Date: September / 6 / 2010
Subject : Is there a limitation for patient’s right? |
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Respect of patient rights is one of the fundamental area of medical practice in modern medicine. This particular case may raise special problem, when the patient refuses surgical treatment.
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Post Date: August / 29 / 2010
Subject : Neurosurgery Puzzle Issue. No. 2 |
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A 16-month-old female patient was brought to our outpatient clinic.Her family was complaining about swelling and reddish colour on her head. Since her neurological examination was completely normal except this non-pulsatile mass. Her head CT and MRI were given below.
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