Organization of Specialized Medical Care to Patients with Urgent Surgical Pathology of the Spine

Objective. Scientific-practical and economical substantiation of the expedience of urgent spine surgery centre organization in megalopolises for the admittance of patients not only with acute spine and spinal cord trauma, but also with other urgent spinal pathologies. Material and Methods. Authors performed retrospective analysis of work of neurosurgical departments in large municipal hospitals of St. Petersburg during the last two years. Results. It was found out that almost all neurosurgical departments in municipal multi-field hospitals, except for the St. Petersburg Research Institute of the First Aid n.a. I.I. Dzhanelidze, do not provide a modern level of specialized medical care to patients with urgent surgical pathology of the spine. Conclusion. Working experience of the Centre for Urgent Spine Surgery created on the base of St. Petersburg Research Institute of the First Aid n.a. I.I. Dzhanelidze demonstrated that such organizational pattern allows for improving the quality of specialized medical care and more effective municipal healthcare utilization.