Spinal Cord Lipoma — Surgical Resection: treatment in Hamburg - Germany
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Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery provides a full range of services in its areas of expertise. The department's doctors operate on patients with brain and spinal cord tumors, central nervous system malformations, epilepsy, traumatic brain injuries, degenerative disc diseases, spinal stenosis, spinal cord injuries, and peripheral nervous system pathologies. Neurosurgeons specialize in treating patients of all ages, including children and adolescents. Pediatricians, pediatric oncologists, radiologists, and neuroradiologists are involved in the treatment of young patients. Surgical procedures to treat pathologies of the nervous system are performed by highly qualified surgeons with extensive clinical experience. The physicians use state-of-the-art equipment in their work: intraoperative imaging systems, neuronavigation devices, and fluorescence imaging. Advanced technologies are key to effective and safe treatment, as damage to vital anatomical structures of the brain or spinal cord may cause severe neurological deficits. More than 2,000 operations are performed annually in the department's state-of-the-art operating rooms, the majority of which are for brain tumors. The department treats more than 11,000 patients each year. For many years, it has been one of the leading neurosurgical centers in Germany that treats patients from many European countries.
Department of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery
According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery ranks among the best medical facilities in Germany in the area of its specialization! The department provides patients with the full range of diagnostic services and surgical treatment of pathologies of all parts of the spine. The department performs operations of any complexity for various spinal pathologies in adults and children. In most cases, the specialists of the medical facility use advanced minimally invasive and microsurgical techniques, thanks to which patients recover in the shortest possible time. The department's doctors have excellent qualifications in treating spinal tumors and metastases, inflammatory processes and vertebral fractures, repairing spinal deformities (for example, scoliosis and kyphosis), treating spinal injuries, and peripheral nerve compression syndromes. The department is also competent in revision spinal surgery. The clinical activity of the medical facility is certified in accordance with the standards of the German Spine Society.
Department of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery provides highly effective surgical treatment for the full range of spinal diseases. The department's doctors focus on patients with osteochondrosis, herniated discs, spondylolisthesis, spondylodiscitis, scoliosis, kyphosis, spinal stenosis, tumors, injuries, and rheumatic spinal lesions. The department has an interdisciplinary team of experienced spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, trauma surgeons, physiotherapists, and chiropractors. Most spinal surgical interventions are performed using sparing minimally invasive, microsurgical, and endoscopic techniques. After such operations, the patients get back on their feet on the day of surgery, the risk of developing postoperative complications is practically eliminated, blood loss is minimal, and pain is alleviated. Spinal surgeons have modern navigation systems and intraoperative neuromonitoring devices, thanks to which the highest accuracy and safety of the operation are guaranteed. For its excellent medical service, the department was certified by the German Society for Spine Surgery (DGW) and the Spine Society of Europe (EUROSPINE) as a Center of Excellence for Spinal Surgery in Germany and Europe.
Department of Spinal Surgery
The Department of Spinal Surgery offers the full range of conservative and surgical treatments for spinal diseases. It provides medical care for patients with spinal disc herniation, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, facet joint syndrome, scoliosis, vertebral fractures, and other pathologies. The specialists have many effective conservative treatment methods at their disposal, including drug therapy, therapeutic exercises, massage, cryotherapy, thermotherapy, laser therapy, and electrotherapy. The healthcare facility also successfully performs spinal blocks. These are interventional procedures, during which an anesthetic drug is injected into the pathological lesion with a special needle under imaging guidance. The therapeutic options are complemented by a wide range of surgical procedures. The physicians in the department strive to provide the patient with the most effective and least invasive surgical treatment. Therefore, they use minimally invasive, microsurgical, and endoscopic techniques in their clinical practice. Treatment complies with the recommendations of the German Spine Society (DWG). Each clinical case is considered on an individual basis to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
The Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery offers all the possibilities of modern medicine for the diagnostics and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. The department's medical team focuses on patients with osteoarthritis of large joints, benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors, arm, leg, and pelvic fractures, as well as spinal fractures. The department's doctors regularly perform arthroplasty to replace small and large joints. The specialists perform hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, and big toe joint replacement surgery. Surgical interventions for partial and total joint replacement are performed using minimally invasive techniques. The department also successfully performs arthroscopic joint surgery, for example, for cruciate ligament tears, meniscus injuries, and hip impingement syndrome. The department's medical team also performs cartilage transplantation. The procedure ensures excellent results and, in many cases, allows patients to avoid joint replacement surgery. The department has a specialized unit for treating patients with bone fractures, soft tissue injuries, and sports injuries, where a team of experienced doctors is on duty round the clock.
