Neurosurgery in Germany
The neurosurgery departments and clinics that work with msp group germany offer the full range of diagnostics and surgical treatment of diseases, pathologies and disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems (disorders of the brain, the spinal nerves, the nerves of the upper and lower limbs, and the spine). Neurosurgical methods are used for tumours of the nervous system (for example, meningioma, glioma, brain metastases or pituitary tumours), for spinal conditions (for example, spinal stenosis or a herniated intervertebral disc), for cerebrovascular disease (aneurysms) and for other nerve disorders (for example, trigeminal neuralgia); they cover skull base surgery, minimally invasive surgery and neuroendoscopy, functional neurosurgery and stereotaxy, neurotraumatology and intensive care, as well as paediatric neurosurgery, which involves the treatment of both the specific features and the various developmental anomalies of the child's skull and of disorders of the central nervous system (for example, hydrocephalus, skull deformities and meningocele).These clinics perform every type of neurosurgical operation, including procedures using electronic digital navigation systems, surgical microscopes, lasers, robot-assisted techniques, intraoperative three-dimensional ultrasound, endoscopy and electrophysiological monitoring, in line with the latest innovative standards of surgical technique. Some departments are equipped with the BrainSuite® system for MRI monitoring during surgery. The leading areas of specialisation of these clinics are the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumours and of neurovascular disease, paediatric neurosurgery, pituitary surgery, functional stereotaxy and stereotactic radiotherapy, the treatment of gliomas (glioblastomas, anaplastic gliomas, early-stage gliomas) and malformations (aneurysms, angiomas, cavernomas), as well as arteriovenous fistulas of the dura mater and the cerebral cortex. Minimally invasive methods are used successfully, in particular endovascular catheterisation and vascular stenting to stabilise the affected vessels.
In spinal surgery, the doctors at these clinics are likewise proficient in all the necessary surgical techniques, from repair of a herniated intervertebral disc to complex spinal fixation. Vascular pathologies are treated in cooperation with neuroradiologists.
