1st Clinic of Neurosurgery
Your Neurosurgical Care journey begins at the 1st Neurosurgery Clinic of “HENRY DUNANT Hospital Center”.
The clinic is specialized in the:
- Prevention
- Diagnosis
- Conservative treatment
- Surgical treatment, and
- Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment
of disorders affecting the Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves and the Spine.
Since the commencement of its operation in 2000, the 1st Neurosurgery Clinic of “HENRY DUNANT Hospital Center” has been providing advanced diagnostic approaches and pioneering, holistic therapeutic interventions of international standing, in both routine and complex cases of Vascular Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology and Spinal Neurosurgery.
The clinic integrates specialized expertise and extensive experience with cutting-edge technology, guided by the principle:
“We provide our patients with the same care we would offer to our own family.”
The 1st Neurosurgery Clinic has played a leading international role, with excellent clinical outcomes in:
- the establishment of emergency, life-saving, therapeutic management of cerebral – subarachnoid hemorrhage resulting from rupture of an aneurysm or an arteriovenous malformation, through surgical intervention and/or endovascular embolization techniques
- the description and implementation of innovative, microscopic and endoscopic techniques supported by revolutionary technologies, in order to achieve the most effective, minimally invasive surgical treatment of Vascular Diseases and Tumors of the Brain and the Spinal Cord, as well as Disorders of the Spine.
This is the only Neurosurgical Department in our country, and one of very few neurosurgical centers worldwide, where preoperative brain mapping, has been implemented since 2015, in an non-invasive, painless manner and with maximal accuracy, using the most advanced robotic technology, namely the Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (NTMS), to facilitate the surgical resection of tumors and vascular malformations located in eloquent brain regions responsible for motor function and speech.
Through preoperative brain mapping, the use of a specialized microscope and neuronavigation systems, as well as the continuous intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring , maximal safety is achieved, allowing the radical resection of the tumor or vascular malformation while minimizing intraoperative complications and length of hospitalization, and at the same time significantly improving disease prognosis and patients’ quality of life.
All neurosurgical procedures are conducted using the most advanced, specialized anesthetic techniques.
Call Center: (+30)210-6972000
Email: a.neurosurgery@dunant.gr
Activities
- VASCULAR NEUROSURGERY
Vascular disorders of the Brain and Spinal Cord, Aneurysms and vascular malformations (arteriovenous malformations (AVM), AVF, cavernous hemangiomas (cavernous malformations, CAV MAL) managed, as indicated, by: - microsurgical and/or endovascular techniques (embolization), - and/or stereotactic radiosurgery.
- NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Brain Tumors: metastatic tumors, glioblastoma multiforme, gliomas, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas, meningiomas, chordomas, sarcomas, craniopharyngiomas, hemangioblastomas, medulloblastomas, pineal cyst tumors, colloid cysts of the third ventricle, fourth ventricle tumors, among others. - are treated using minimally invasive microsurgical and/or endoscopic surgical techniques and, where indicated, non-invasive treatment modalities such as stereotactic radiosurgery, X-Knife, CyberKnife. Skull base tumors: acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas), pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, trigeminal schwannomas, among others, managed through a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment program involving evaluation and surgical management, utilizing innovative surgical techniques and approaches developed by our team and adopted internationally. This program is supported by close collaboration among neurosurgeons, neurotologists, otolaryngologists (ENT surgeons), and oncologists– radiologists).
Especially regarding pituitary adenomas:
- endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal resection of the pituitary adenoma using endoscopy and neuronavigation guidance, with a hospital stay of 24 - 48 hours, performed in collaboration with an ENT surgeon specialized in endoscopic surgery
- minimally invasive transcranial resection of the adenoma for patients in whom the transsphenoidal approach is not indicated.
The team is complemented by a specialized endocrinologist and ophthalmologist.
- SPINAL NEUROSURGERY
Benign (degenerative) spinal disorders
intervertebral disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, cervical and thoracic myelopathy, cauda equina syndrome, and other related conditions.
The treatment involves the application of the following:
- pioneering microsurgical techniques, as described and adopted internationally (microscopic discectomy, microscopic osteophytectomy, anterior approach for cervical spondylosis, microscopic subarticular foraminotomy for spinal canal stenosis, anterior, lateral, and posterior spinal stabilization – spondylodesis) and advanced biomedical technologies, including mobile disc prostheses and the most advanced bone ultrasound technology, with a one-day hospital stay.
Spinal tumors, benign or malignant:
- primary tumors (meningiomas, schwannomas, ependymomas, and astrocytomas) and
- metastatic tumors (originating from primary cancers such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, etc.)
Vascular malformations of the spinal cord and spine
- CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURY
- SPINAL INJURIES WITH OR WITHOUT SPINAL CORD INJURY
- DISORDERS OF THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) SYSTEM
- Hydrocephalus
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)
- Aqueduct of Sylvius stenosis
- Chiari malformation
- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS
- Epidural brain abscess
- Subdural empyema of the brain
- Intracerebral abscess
- Epidural spinal cord empyema
Equipment
In order to provide optimal diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients, the 1st Neurosurgery Clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment, as well as cutting-edge technology, following the standards of the world’s leading specialized neurosurgical centers.
Specifically, the following advanced technologies and equipment are available:
- Preoperative brain mapping with NTMS (Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
- Neurosurgical microscope and endoscope with 3D HD imaging
- State-of-the-art neuronavigation system
- Intraoperative brain and vascular ultrasound
- ICG Video – angiography for the surgical treatment of cerebral vascular disorders
- Fluorescein-guided resection of high-grade gliomas
- Next-generation bone ultrasound for complex skull base and spinal surgeries
- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring of the brain and spinal cord
- Continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure and cerebral metabolic parameters
