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44th Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurosurgery Considerations 
 

The 44th Congress of the Romanian Society 
of Neurosurgery (RSN) in association with the 
5th Danube Carpathian Region Congress took 
place between the 5th and the 8th of September, 

in Timișoara. The location was the Regional 
Business Centre (CRAFT), an exquisite 
academic ambience, with all the possible 
facilities in use. 

 

 
 



 
 
 
 
 

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The opening of the congress was the 23d 
French Course in Neurosurgery, a major 
contribution of the French speaking 
neurosurgeons, who manage each time to 
present in a very exciting and educational way 
an entire series of elements of neurosurgical 
pathology, addressing especially the young 
neurosurgeons. The Francophone Course 
focused mainly on cerebral vascular 
pathology, but there were many exchanges 
between the French and Romanian teams 
concerning this very difficult and frequent 
issue.  

The Congress of Neurosurgery was 
structured in parallel sessions in several halls 
because of the number of various elements of 
neurosurgical pathology discussed: Sellar and 
Parasellar Tumors, Neurotrauma, Functional 
Neurosurgery, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tumor 
Pathology and Degenerative Spine Pathology, 
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Intracerebral and 
Skull Base Neurosurgery. We mention also the 
2 sessions regarding epilepsy surgery, 
endovascular treatment for vascular cerebral 
malformations at the centres in Timișoara and 
Iași, and the outstanding works of the young 
neurosurgeons at the „Young Neurosurgeons 
Corner”. During the congress, the 2nd 
Symposium of Nurses in Neurosurgery also 
took place.  

From the works sustained at the congress, 
at the category „Sellar and Parasellar Tumors” 
we mention the contribution of F. Tomasello 
(Italy), G. Rosseau (United States), I. Kannan 

(Saudi Arabia). At the „Craniocerebral 
Trauma” section we mention W. I. Steudel 
(Germany) and S. Florian (Romania), 
„Functional Neurosurgery”. At „Functional 
Neurosurgery” section we mention P. Mertens 
and M. Sindou (France), A. Brînzeu 
(Romania). In the „Spine Surgery” section 
worth mentioning are C. Popescu (Romania), 
G. Zapuhlih (Moldova) and M. Ivanon (Great 
Britain). At the „Pediatric Neurosurgery” 
section S. Ferraresi (Italy) and D. Nica 
(Romania) stood out with their works; For 
„Cerebral Tumors”,  H. Pleș (Romania), I. 
Solaroglu (Turkey) and V. Sinha (India); for 
„Skull Base Tumors”, F. Tomasello (Italy), M. 
Gorgan, A. V. Ciurea, D. Teleanu (Romania).  

Among the activities was also the 
presentation of the book „Principles of 
Neurological Surgery”, the 4th edition (edited 
by Ellenbongen RG, Sekhar LN, Kitchen ND, 
Elsevier 2018), the first Romanian edition is 
coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ioan Stefan Florian 
and published at Hipocrate publishing house.  

At the end of the congress the new 
President of the General Assembly RSN was 
chosen for the next 2 years: Conf. Dr. Horia 
Pleș, Timisoara and Vice Presidents Dr. 
Vicențiu Săceleanu, Sibiu, Chief of Lectures, 
Prof. Dr. Mircea Gorgan, Bucharest, Prof. Dr. 
Ion Poeata, Iasi; Conf. Dr. Constantin Costea, 
Timișoara, was appointed General Secretary of 
the General Association of Neurosurgery. All 
the above mentioned were voted unanimously. 

 
 



 
 
 
 
 
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The President of Romanian Society of Neurosurgery –  

Conf. Dr. Horia Pleș (Timișoara) 
 
During the General Assembly it was also 

established that Prof. Dr. Grigore Zapuhlih, 
the representative of the Association of 
Neurosurgeons in Moldavia, be made a 
member of the Romanian Society of 
Neurosurgery.  

The next congress, the 45th Congress of the 
Romanian Society of Neurosurgery will take 
place at Sibiu, in October 2019.  

The entire event took place in a special 
academic and cultural environment, in 
Timișoara, Romania. 387 participants were 
registered. There were 37 lecturers from 

abroad who represented 17 countries on 4 
continents. 

The scientific schedule was comprised of a 
total of 20 lectures, 3 sessions of the young 
neurosurgeons, 2 sessions of the nurses, 144 
spoken presentations and 17 poster 
presentations. For these 3 days, the 
neurosurgical activity in Romania was 
presented exhaustively, receiving unanimous 
appreciations and showing that, right now, the 
Romanian neurosurgery is perfectly aligned to 
the European standards. The congress 
proceedings were in the English language. 

 



 
 
 
 
 

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The administrative-organizational part, as 

well as the social program, including The 
Opera Concert on the 6th of September, were 
in agreement with the congressional 
requirements, made by the exceptional team 
“MedEvents”. 

 Finally, we conclude that the Romanian 
Society of Neurosurgery is in the European 
trending of real growth of the quality of the 
surgical act. This is reflected, on one hand, by 
the multiple efforts to implement the neuro-
imaging diagnostic apparatus and, on the 
other hand, by even extraordinary endowment 
of the neurosurgical operating' rooms at the 
university centers. 

 
 

Andreea-Anamaria Idu, MD, PhD Student,“Carol 
Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 
Neurosurgery Resident, Emergency University 
Hospital of Bucharest, Romania 
Prof. Alexandru-Vlad Ciurea, MD, PhD, MSc, Dr. 
h. c. Mult., Sanador Medical Center, Bucharest, 
Romania