NEUROSURGERY

STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT

Comparable to the most contemporary neurosurgery units, the Department’s equipment consists of the most sophisticated devices, instruments and systems that definitively contribute towards the effective treatment of nervous system disorders and injuries.

SERVICES OFFERED

Our Hospital performs the entire range of neurological surgical procedures. It performs surgical procedures relating to disorders of the brain and the intracranial arterial tree, pituitary disorders, as well as skull base disorders. It also performs procedures relating to spinal cord diseases and specific surgical procedures, such as microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia.

MEDICAL UNITS / HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT

Other than the normal wards, the Neurosurgery Department at Metropolitan Hospital also has two High Dependency Units and an ICP Monitoring Unit. Moreover, other than its advanced equipment, the neurosurgery operating room also accommodates a Neuroanesthesia Department.

• High Dependency Unit (HDU) / Neurosurgery
• Cerebral Accident (Stroke Unit)

EPILEPSY SURGERY

The epilepsy surgery program is implemented at Metropolitan Hospital with successful results. The Seizure Investigation Unit constantly records the electrical activity of the brain, along with time-synchronized video, in order to collect all the data from the epileptic seizures and record the activity that could differentiate epileptic seizures from other disorders.

At the same time, specialized imaging, MRI, brain scintigraphy during epileptic seizures (ictal SPECT), as well as intra and extraoperative corticography, which helps to show specific brain functions (movement, speech) and record brain activity, are performed.

This information, which helps pinpoint the anatomical source of epileptic seizures, is collected intraoperatively and evaluated by the Neurophysiologist and the Neurosurgeon.