Neurosurgery - Neurosurgical Clinic and Policlinic, München, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Meyer

About us

The Neurosurgical Clinic rechts der Isar (on the right hand side of the river Isar) of the Munich Technical University has been under new leadership since March 2006 (Medical Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Meyer) and since March 2007 has formed part of the newly established and built Neuro- Kopfzentrum (Neuro Head Center).

As a result of these recent changes and the merging of the main neurological specialist sections, the service provided by the range of participating clinics, and thereby of neuro-surgery, has changed considerably. The number of the outpatients and in-patients treated has risen dramatically and the clinical surgical focuses have been clearly expanded.
The medical and medicaltechnical team in neuro-surgery has a fresh and modern structure and its primary aim is to be a partner to the patient, in order to provide, as far as possible, holistic and patient centered treatment.

A successful group works in the area of neuro-oncology, together with the Neurological, Oncological and Radio Therapeutic Clinic, in order to achieve holistic and optimized care for patient with gliomas and metastases. A "brain tumors" tumor board meets every week in order to co-ordinate the treatment of every single patient. Operations on brain tumors (gliomas andmetastasis) and tumors of the base of the skull (acoustic neurinomas, meningiomas, and chordomas) are carried out in the Neurosurgical Clinic.
In this respect, among other things, the purely endoscopic transnasal operation has been established as a new surgical method to deal with a large number of different tumors.

In very close co-operation with interventional neuro radiology, the concentration on neuro vascular treatment has developed into a unit of leading-edge treatment for aneurysms and all other vascular diseases of the brain. Spinal column surgery covers all levels from minimally invasive therapies (e.g. kyphoplasties) and techniques to preserve movement (e.g. prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement) to resource-intensive, reconstructive, surgery with instruments. We concentrate also on the important subject of functional neuro surgery, and in this context, in particular, on deep brain stimulation for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, in collaboration with the Neurological Clinic.

Diagnostic Services

• Intraoperative neuro-monitoring
• Fluorescent marking of tumors (ALA)
• Intraoperative fluorescent angiography
• Neuronavigation
• Computed tomography (CT)
• Magnetic resonance tomography
• Angiography
• Velocity of nerve conduction, electromyography, evoked potentials
• Hormone diagnosis
• Doppler ultrasound of the brain vessels

Therapeutic Services

• Neurosurgical tumor surgery with tumor fluorescent (ALA) Electro physiological monitoring, Craniotomy while awake, Neuronavigation, Transnasal endoscopy, Bone marrow tumors
• Stereotaxy (tumor biopsy)
• Vascular neurosurgery together with interventional neuroradiology
• Spinal column surgery with minimally invasive intervertebral disc operations, kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, "non-fusion" method, prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement Spondylodesis (rigidification)
• Brain pacemaker (Parkinson's disease)
• Trigeminal neuralgia and facial hemi-spasm
• Peripheral nerves (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel)
• Neurotraumatology

Special Offers / Arrangements / Rooms

• Most modern, light and spacious single and double bed rooms with shower, TV, telephone, etc.
• Direct postoperative physiotherapy
• Co-ordination of rehabilitation measures
• Outpatients after-care in our in-house polyclinic