THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION, PRESENTATION AND FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY NO. 2 (TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUKOVINIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY)

The staff of the department of hospital surgery from the first days of the founding of the medical institute in 1944 stood at the origins of the development of surgical science in Bukovina. The history of development is closely related to the well-known, at that time, scientific surgeons who devoted themselves to the study of purulent surgery, injuries of the thoracic and abdominal organs, pathology of the urinary system. In today’s conditions, the staff of the department decently continues both scientific and medical work. Over the course of 80 years, 1225 scientific papers were published, 51 theses were defended, and minimally invasive endoscopic interventions on the biliary ducts and the hypogastric gland were started. Vascular surgery is actively developing, aimed at solving the problems of arteries, veins, the lymphatic system and various types of trophic disorders of the lower extremities using a whole series of the latest methods of diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases.