The Neurosurgery departments at Mediclinic Middle East deliver all types of neurosurgery for benign or malignant tumours in different areas of the brain and spinal cord, congenital cranial or spinal malformations, hydrocephalus cases in adults and children, cerebro-vascular disease, deep brain stimulation and surgical types of intracranial bleeding and infarction.
Conditions treated include:
- Trauma to the brain and head (depressed skull fractures, intracranial hematomas)
- Spinal diseases such as herniated disc prolapse of the spine (cervical, dorsal and lumbar) and spinal canal stenosis, laminectomy and fixation, also pain treatment including epidural and facet joint injections and implantation of electrical devices for pain management
- Trauma of the spine including fractures and fixation
- Peripheral nerves treatment such as carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve neurolysis and nerve cut injuries with nerve transplantation
Equipment includes:
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Nerve conduction studies (NCS)
- EMG
- Visual evoked potentials (VEP)
