Neurological diseases

The neurological and neurosurgical clinics of Vivantes guarantee first-class diagnostics and treatment of all diseases in respect of the brain and spinal cord, nerves and muscles, the feeding vessels and circumjacent meninges, the cranial base and also of the spine.

The consequently high level of our neuromedical achievements is being ensured by means of both the expert knowledge of our physicians (International Experts) and the interdisciplinary and inter-professional cooperation resp. the integration of inpatient- and ambulant services. Holistic care is the key to your health.

Vivantes with its 6 neurological and 2 neurosurgical clinics, which comprise a total of more than 300 beds, offers you the following detailed spectrum:

Neurological spectrum

• Epilepsy
• Stroke
• Headaches
• Vertigo
• Parkinson-diseases
• Neuropathies
• Multiple sclerosis
• Dementia
• Nerve root diseases
• Disorders of sleep

Diagnostics

• Electroencephalography (EEG)
• Long-term video EEG monitoring
• Electroneurography (ENG)
• Evoked potentials (MEP, AEP, VEP, SEP)
• Extra- and transcranial vascular sonography
• CT, MRI, SPECT, angiography

Therapy

• Physiotherapy
• Speech therapy
• Ergotherapy

Neurosurgical spectrum

Neuro-oncology

• Brain, meninx, spinal cord
• Cranial base (hearing, hypophysis, meningeoma, chordoma)
• Cranio-cervical transition and spine
• Peripheric nerves

Vessels (brain / spinal cord)

• Aneurysm, AVM, AVF
• Microsurgical revascularization
• Extra-intra-cranial micro-anastomosis (Yasargil)

Liquor circulation

• Endoscopic and microsurgical procedures
• Chiari, syringomyelia

Spine (MIN techniques)

• Degeneration, tumors, vascular malformations, trauma
• Instabilities and anomalies

Pain

• Cranial nerve neuralgia: Jannetta-decompression,  percutaneous thermal ablation
• Intrathecal pump systems

Peripheric nerves

• Decompression, tumor, trauma, transplantation, perinatal plexus-brachialis-lesion (OBPL), compartment

Neurotrauma

• Brain, cranial base, spine
• Intensive medical care, multimodal monitoring

CSF / hydrocephalus

• All microsurgical and endoscopic procedures