Epilepsy (seizures) — MRI-guided Laser Ablation of Epileptic Foci: treatment in the Best Hospitals in the World
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Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology annually admits over 890 patients with epilepsy. Epileptogenic brain foci are destroyed with the help of safe innovative technique – laser ablation by miniature flexible catheter under the MRI-guidance. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Gasser, a member of the German Society of Neurosurgery and the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
The Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery offers the full range of services for the diagnostics and surgical treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, spine and peripheral nerves. The department uses neuronavigation systems, 3D x-ray, intraoperative dopplerography, stereotaxy, electrophysiology, high-precision surgical microscopes and many other advanced devices that guarantee the effective and safe treatment. The department's surgeons are top-class professionals with rich clinical experience. The doctors always prefer sparing minimally invasive surgical techniques, while classic open surgery is performed only in complex clinical cases. State-of-the-art computer equipment allows the doctors to perform accurate planning of the neurosurgical intervention based on CT and MRI scans, which practically reduces the risk of developing a neurological deficit after the surgical treatment.
Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery provides the full range of modern diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems for patients of all ages, ranging from newborns to the elderly. The department's neurosurgeons focus on patients with brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, movement disorders, peripheral nerve compression syndromes, and spinal pathologies. In the field of pediatric neurosurgery, particular interest is in the surgical treatment of brain tumors, congenital malformations of the nervous system, and traumatic brain injuries. The department carries out comprehensive diagnostic examinations of the nervous system, including laboratory tests, neurophysiological studies, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, including functional MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI, and positron emission tomography. The department's team of surgeons carefully plans each surgical procedure, as it is important to the specialists that the patient receives the most effective and safest treatment. For this purpose, the NeuroVis 3D planning computer program is used here. Brain and spinal cord surgery is performed using advanced neuronavigation systems, intraoperative monitoring, and fluorescent navigation with 5-aminolevulinic acid, which eliminates the risk of damaging vital anatomical structures of the brain and spinal cord.
