Spine
Surgery

To restore or maintain the body's integrity, functionality and quality of life.

Spine Surgery

Pathologies of the spinal column, affecting the area between head and pelvis, as well as of the spinal cord are often associated with partially severe pain and neurological deficits. They can be treated conservatively or surgically.

These include:

Individualized Therapy

Depending on the main presenting symptoms and findings of the physical examination, including a regionally focused assessment of the musculoskeletal system, we decide together about your further treatment:

  • Conservative therapy (e.g. observation with follow-up consultations, physical and/or occupational therapy, medication, manual therapy)
  • Infiltration(s) (for further clarification or treatment of pain)
  • Surgery

Careful Consideration Before Surgery

The decision to operate should be made carefully after all reasonable conservative and interventional procedures have been exhausted. In emergency situations, the time window for decision making is often quite narrow where rapid and timely decisions are needed in order to preserve neurological function.

Minimally Invasive Approaches to Alleviate Symptoms

The goal of treatment is always to alleviate pain and / or neurological deficits using the least invasive method while maintaining the body's integrity to restore or maintain functionality and quality of life.

The little you can do is a lot - if only you take pain and hurt and fear away from another being.

Albert Schweitzer

specialist disciplines

For example:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Osteopathy
  • Orthopaedics
  • Neurology
  • Angiology
  • Psychology/Psychiatry
  • Hypnosis
  • Complementary medicine
  • Art therapy

Spinal column deformities

e.g. Arnold-Chiari malformation, tethered cord

Vascular diseases

e.g. AV fistula, AVM, cavernoma

Vertebral fractures

especially in osteoporosis or due to metastases

Degenerative diseases

Herniated disc, spinal canal stenosis, joint arthrosis or instability)

Benign and malignant tumors

e.g. metastases, meningioma, neurinoma, ependymoma

Neurological deficits

e.g. paralysis, sensory deficits, bladder/bowel dysfunction

technologies.

Neuronavigation, microscope, endoscope, intraoperative imaging, neuromonitoring

Persistent symptoms
after a cranial trauma

e.g. dizziness, headaches, concentration disorders (post-concussion syndrome)

Vascular malformations

e.g. aneurysm, AV fistula, AV malformation

Benign and malignant tumors

e.g. metastases, meningioma, glioma, ependymoma

imaging

X-ray, MRI or CT scan