Department of Neurosurgery

Our main focus is on:

• Operative treatment of
• Tumours of the central and peripheral nervous ­system (including lesions of the skull base)
• Neurovascular diseases
• Movement disorders (deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease, tremor and dystonia)
• Developmental congenital disorders of the brain, spinal cord and skull
• Obstructive and non-obstructive
• hydrocephalus
• Degenerative and traumatic lesions of the ­cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
• Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury
• Peripheral nerve lesions
• Microneurosurgery
• Intraoperative imaging and neuronavigation
• (including stereotactic procedures)
• Minimally invasive endoscopic procedures
• Reconstructive procedures
• Restorative neurosurgery; e.g. treatment of ­hearing loss with brain stem implants
• Surgical treatment of pain and spasticity
• Neurocritical care
• Sections within the Department:
• Paediatric Neurosurgery
• Experimental Neurosurgery