Department of Neurosurgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
Neurosurg Focus. 2010 May;28(5):E16. doi: 10.3171/2010.1.FOCUS09232.
The history of neurosurgery in the Turkish army is not long and complex. Neurosurgery was first practiced in the Ottoman army by Cemil Pasha, who was a general surgeon. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey was established and modern neurosurgical procedures were applied at the Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA). Maj. Zinnur Rollas, M.D., was the founder of the Department of Neurosurgery at GMMA in 1957. A modern neurosurgical program and school was established in 1965 by Col. Hamit Ziya Gokalp, M.D., who completed his residency training in the US. Today, 26 military neurosurgeons are on active duty in 11 military hospitals in Turkey. All of these neurosurgeons work in modern clinics and operating theaters. In this paper, military neurosurgery in the Turkish army is reported in 3 parts: 1) the history of neurosurgery in the Turkish military, 2) the Department of Neurosurgery at the GMMA, and 3) the duties of a military neurosurgeon in the Turkish army.
土耳其军队的神经外科历史并不悠久且复杂。神经外科最初由 Cemil Pasha 将军在奥斯曼帝国军队中实践，他是一名普通外科医生。奥斯曼帝国垮台后，土耳其共和国成立，并在古尔哈尼军事医学院（GMMA）开展现代神经外科手术。1957 年，医学博士 Zinnur Rollas 少将在 GMMA 创立了神经外科系。1965 年，医学博士 Hamit Ziya Gokalp 上校在美国完成住院医师培训后，建立了一个现代神经外科项目和学校。如今，土耳其军队有 26 名现役军事神经外科医生，在土耳其的 11 家军事医院工作。所有这些神经外科医生都在现代化的诊所和手术室工作。本文将从三个部分报告土耳其军队的军事神经外科：1）土耳其军队神经外科的历史；2）GMMA 的神经外科系；3）土耳其军队神经外科医生的职责。
