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Neurosurgery<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]\n

Neurosurgery deals with the surgical management of brain and spinal disease as well as with peripheral nerve disease and surgical treatment thereof.<\/h5>\n

Brain Surgery<\/h4>\n

Skull and brain surgery quite often are opted for either in case of an emergency, when the patient\u2019s life or vital organs are at stake, or they may be scheduled with a view to treating various types of disease. In the past two decades brain surgery has evolved greatly thanks to technology and surgical outcomes today are impressive compared to those of previous decades.<\/p>\n

The use of\u00a0an operating microscope\u00a0<\/strong>for surgeons,\u00a0intraoperative radioscopy,<\/strong>\u00a0intraoperative angiography and computed tomography,<\/strong>navigation devices,\u00a0\u00a0neurophysiological\u00a0\u00a0 monitoring\u00a0<\/strong>during surgery to help check nerve route status, integrity and topography along with a wide range of specially-made tools allows surgeons to operate on serious cases which would have meant a host of post-op problems in the past. All this equipment is actually available in the Operating Rooms of Mediterraneo Hospital and helps neurosurgeons in their daily practice.
\nThe acquisition of the first \u00a0portable CT Scan\u00a0O-ARM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by Medtronic in Greece, in conjunction with the Navigation module, allows the performance \u00a0of extremely delicate surgical interventions in parts of the brain that until now were out of reach.<\/p>\n

The conditions being treated are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][toggles style=”default”][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ title=”Brain Tumors”][vc_column_text]Primary and secondary (metastatic) tumors:
\nBrain tumors may be either benign or malignant. They can be managed through microsurgery and navigation.
\nThe objective is total tumor excision without post-op gaps.
\nThere are cases of tumors, such as pituitary gland tumors or tumors in the ventricles of the brain, where surgeons opt for the use of an endoscopic technique and opt out of making incisions.
\nWherever there is need for biopsy, for diagnosis purposes, the tissue block sample may be taken either through CT guidance or stereotactically without making major incisions and in absolute safety.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ title=”Brain Vessel Diseases”][vc_column_text]Vessels can be the cause of general morbidity problems such as cerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia and epileptic seizures or there may be vascular disorders and malformations which could possibly lead to aneurysms, arteriovenous dysplasias, stenosis and so on.
\nDepending on symptoms, these may be treated surgically or intra-vascularly (i. e. through the vessels themselves, without making incisions) in close cooperation with the Neuroradiology experts of our Hospital.
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Treating patients selectively by attaching electrodes stereotactically to deliver current to the appropriate brain centres is what DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) does.<\/p>\n

This innovative method is being tried on an experimental basis in famous centers abroad even in cases with various other symptoms and indications. The method is actually expected to provide solutions to dealing with other types of disease in the near future, and indeed some which so far had not been manageable such as depression, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorders and Altzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ title=”Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Disorders \u2013 Hydrocephalus”][vc_column_text]\n

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Cerebrospinal fluid disorders may be due to age and\/or trauma and affect patient behavior. They may be treated either with the use of elastic flow-regulated valves or by means of endoscopic ventriculostomy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ title=”\u0392rain Biopsies”][vc_column_text]\n
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Wherever there is need for diagnostic biopsies, a sample of tissue may be taken from the patient either through CT -guidance or stereotactically, without making any significantly-sized incisions and in absolutely safe terms.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ title=”Trigeminal Neuralgia”][vc_column_text]\n
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In cases of trigeminal neuralgia, when medication is not working, there are the following options and indeed in the order they are mentioned: percutaneous trigeminal ganglion balloon compression or infiltration, microsurgical trigeminal root decompression and neuromodulation (stimulating the motor cerebral cortex by attaching electrodes -Motor Cortex Stimulation).<\/p>\n

Motor Cortex Stimulation is an innovative technique which was first described in 1991. It was used to treat facial pain of multiple hetiology including trigeminal neuralgias. In recent years technology allowed for proper implants (cortex electrodes and battery-powered devices) thus making the wider use of this method possible. Given the outcome was very good it is now considered a very reliable method and indeed the only treatment option for managing atypical trigeminal neuralgias, for example in case of multiple sclerosis or after a herpes-viral infection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][\/toggles][vc_column_text]\n

Bone Marrow and\u00a0Spinal Nerve Surgery<\/h4>\n

Bone marrow surgery capitalizes on all the advantages brain surgery has to offer, the outcome being exceptional so far.
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