To the question of skull trepa nation. Historical excursion
https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2025-184-1-89-98
Abstract
The article presents information highlighting some moments of the evolution of surgical instruments used to perform skull trepanation from ancient times up to the Modern Age (late 19th century), when the period of skull surgery ended and a new surgical specialty, neurosurgery, emerged. Almost all of these instruments went out of use with the develop ment of microsurgery, but the study of the history of medicine and understanding of the stages of its development is one of the fundamental bases in the formation of the worldview of any competent modern doctor.
About the Authors
A. Yu. Ulitin
Almazov National Medical Research Centre
Russian Federation
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Ulitin Alexey Yu., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Honored Physician of the Russian Federation, Chief Freelance Neurosurgeon, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery with a Course of Neurophysiology, Institute of Medical Education, Head of Neurosurgical Department № 4 of the Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor A. L. Polenov
2, Akkuratova str., Saint Petersburg, 197341
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
N. N. Fomin
Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Fomin Nikolay F., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Colonel of the Medical Service, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of the Department of Operative Surgery (with Topographic Anatomy), Military Medical Academy
6, Academica Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, 194044
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D. N. Monashenko
Russian Medical Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics named after R.R. Vreden
Russian Federation
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Monashenko Dmitry N., Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Neurosurgeon of the Highest Category, Head of the First Neurosurgical Department, Russian Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedicsnamed after R.R. Vreden
8, str. Academician Baykova, Saint Petersburg, 195427
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N. E. Voinov
Almazov National Medical Research Centre
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Voinov Nikita E., Neurosurgeon, Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor A. L. Polenov
2, Akkuratova str., Saint Petersburg, 197341
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G. A. Ulitin
Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
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Ulitin Georgy A., Student, Military Medical Academy
6, Academica Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, 194044
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Ulitin A.Yu., Fomin N.N., Monashenko D.N., Voinov N.E., Ulitin G.A. To the question of skull trepa nation. Historical excursion. Grekov's Bulletin of Surgery. 2025;184(1):89-98. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/0042-4625-2025-184-1-89-98
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