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András Csókay (born 16 February 1956), is a Hungarian
neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, ...
known for his development of a technique to enhance microsurgical
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in the vascular tunnel and for the separation of a pair of Bangladeshi (Islam) Craniopagus Twins.


Studies

András Csókay graduated from Apáczai Csere János Gymnasium of the
Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
(ELTE) in 1974. From 1975 to 1980 he studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Csókay started his career as an engineer, and after three years he enrolled at
Semmelweis University Semmelweis University (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Semmelweis Egyetem'', ) is a research-led medical school in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 1769. With six faculties and a doctoral school it covers all aspects of medical and health sciences. ...
, where he graduated with a medical degree in 1989. Subsequently, in 1994, he obtained a state examination in neurosurgery.


Career

From 1989 Csókay became a specialist at the National Institute of Neuroscience (OKITI) in Budapest and from 1993 he worked at the National Clinic and Trauma Institute, Department of Neurosurgery. Between 2003 and 2007 he lived in
Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...
and headed the neurosurgery department of Markusovszky Hospital. In 2007 he moved back to Budapest and directed the Neurosurgery Department of Szent János's Hospital. He became a university lecturer at his alma mater, Semmelweis University. From 2010 he became head of neurosurgery at the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Central Hospital in
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. Three years later Csókay moved back to Budapest and became head of the neurosurgery department of the Hungarian Army Medical Center from 1 August 2013. He brought with him two surgical techniques, namely the
microvascular Blood vessels are the tubular structures of a circulatory system that transport blood throughout many animals’ bodies. Blood vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the tissues of a body. They also take waste and c ...
 technique and a new practical concept in neurosurgery  technique. Initially, he specialized in the treatment of severe skull and spinal injuries, with special attention to children with cranial injuries.


Separation surgery of Bangladeshi craniopagus twins

Since 2003, Csókay has conducted practical scientific research in brain microsurgery. His
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is not to practice on the living, so he practices an hour a day in the autopsy room on fresh
deceased Death is the end of life; the Irreversible process, irreversible cessation of all biological process, biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former o ...
people. His practical discoveries here became the basis of his scientific work, which he relied on during the 30-hour separation surgery to separate a pair of Bangladeshi craniopagus twins They were asked to separate the twins, Rabeya and Rukeya Islam, back in 2017. Csókay led the "Cselekvés a Kiszolgáltatottakért Alapítvány's" team of more than 30 neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists and intensive care specialists; he conducted the final separation surgery of the craniopagus twins at the
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in
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.  In March 2021, the twins were allowed to leave the hospital permanently and have been living with their parents ever since.


Research

Csókay made known in 1998 the ''vascular tunnel'' technique he developed, a new method for treating severe traumatic brain swelling, a new development for surgical solutions to improve the efficacy of
decompressive craniectomy Decompressive craniectomy ('' crani-'' + '' -ectomy'') is a neurosurgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed to allow a swelling or herniating brain room to expand without being squeezed. It is performed on victims of traumatic br ...
. The ''essence of the vascular tunnel technique'' is to protect the cortical blood vessels of protruded brain from blockage after
craniectomy Decompressive craniectomy ('' crani-'' + '' -ectomy'') is a neurosurgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed to allow a swelling or herniating brain room to expand without being squeezed. It is performed on victims of traumatic b ...
at the dural and bone edge with pillars by forming a tunnel. A new technique to improve microsurgical accuracy was another step in his research.


Family

He is married to Daniella Altay. They had five children, the youngest of whom died tragically.


Awards

* Prima Primissima Prize (2005) * Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (2011) * Semmelweis Ignác Award (2018) * Honorary citizen of Budapest (2019) * Honorary citizen of Óbuda-Békásmegyer (2020)


Books

* Martha Tailor adnai Gáborné ''Alagút az agyban. Beszélgetés Dr. Csókay András idegsebésszel''; Radnai, Bp., 2002 * ''Alagút az agyban. Gondolatok, cselekedetek és csodák''; Arcvonal Irodalmi Kávézó, Bp., 2004 * ''A hit nem elméleti kérdés. Csókay András agysebésszel beszélget Halász Zsuzsa''; Kairosz, Bp., 2005 (''Miért hiszek?'') * ''Ha Isten velünk, ki ellenünk?'' ''Van kiút a hazai válságból''; Kairosz, Bp., 2007, * ''Magyarság a hivatásunk. Csókay Andrással beszélget Csengei Ágota''; Kairosz, Bp., 2007 (''Magyarnak lenni'') * ''Bátorság az örömhöz'' ; Kairosz Könyvkiadó, 2008, * ''Lélekjelenlét. Szellemi ébredés kell!''; Kairosz Könyvkiadó, 2009, * ''Alagút az agyban. Gondolatok, cselekedetek és csodák''; Masszi Kiadó, 2009, * Muhari-Papp Sándor Balázs–Csókay András: ''Művészet és idegsebészet együtt a hitben'' ; Kairosz, 2011, * ''Agysebészet rózsafüzérrel. Vallomások útközben''; Szt. István Társulat, Bp., 2013, * Muhari-Papp Sándor Balázs–Csókay András: ''Művészet és idegsebészet együtt a hitben''; 2. átdolg. kiad.; Kairosz, Bp., 2015 * ''Idegsebészet és hétköznapi misztika. "Jól látod, apu!"''; Szt. István Társulat, Bp., 2016 * Csókay András–Skrabski Fruzsina: ''Párbeszéd a megpróbáltatásról, a létről és a jelenlétről''; Éghajlat, Bp., 2019 * Muhari-Papp Sándor Balázs–Csókay András: ''Kómámtól Bangladesig''; Kairosz, Bp., 2019 * ''Orvosmissziók Jézus imával;'' Szt. Gellért kiadó, Bp., 2020


References

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