Clinic · Munich
apex spine center - German Center for Spinal Surgery and Special Endoscopic Disc Surgery
Dachauerstr. 124a, Deutsches Wirbelsäulenzentrum, 80637 Munich
Our specialists
Dr. med. Michael D. Schubert
Dr. med. Armin Helmbrecht
Ahmed Baraka
Areas of focus
- Endoscopic disk replacement surgery (cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine)
- Microtherapy
- Spinal canal decompression (open and endoscopic)
- Intervertebral disk prothesis and stabilizing procedures in all parts of the spine
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Fracture and tumor surgery
The apex spine center – German Center for Spinal Surgery and Special Endoscopic Disc Surgery is a recognized point of contact for all people who have problems with the spine or intervertebral discs. The two founders, spine specialist Dr. Schubert and neurosurgeon Dr. Helmbrecht, have a particularly high level of expertise in their respective fields.
About the clinic
The apex spine center – German Center for Spinal Surgery and Special Endoscopic Disc Surgery is an internationally renowned center for endoscopic intervertebral disc surgery and spinal surgery in Munich. The team of consultants consists of orthopedists, neurosurgeons, trauma surgeons, physical therapists and sports therapists and is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of all back pains, neck pains and spinal disorders and, aside from the large spectrum of conservative treatment methods, also offers innovative surgical treatment. We take this special expertise from more than 9,000 successful minimally-invasive disc and spine interventions via endoscopic treatment techniques.
It is our philosophy to offer each patient optimal diagnostics and the most efficient treatment with the goal to restore spine mobility and stability as best as possible. It’s the only way discomforts and pains can be eliminated permanently. These interventions for diseased discs and spines speak for themselves.
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Admission criteria
- At least 10 years of surgical and treatment experience
- Expertise in modern diagnostic and surgical procedures
- An outstanding treatment focus within your own specialist area
- Member of a leading national professional association
- Leading professional position
- Active participation in specialist events (e.g. lectures)
- Active in research and teachin
- Evaluated quality management (e.g. certification)
- Personnel certificate (Spinal Surgery)
- Quality management (Spinal Surgery)
- Recording of complications (Spinal Surgery)
- Quality circle (Spinal Surgery)
- Spine register of the DWG (Spinal Surgery)
- Inpatient treatment (Spinal Surgery)
- Authorization for further training (Spinal Surgery)
Expert interviews
Facts & experience
- Injuries (Spinal Surgery)
over 40
Minimum requirement: 40
- Deformities (spondylodeses) (Spinal Surgery)
over 15
Minimum requirement: 15
- Inflammatory disease (Spinal Surgery)
over 15
Minimum requirement: 15
- Tumor diseases (Spinal Surgery)
over 20
Minimum requirement: 20
Therapeutic services
- Percutaneous cervical nucleotomy (slipped disc – elimination)
- Endoscopic intervertebral disc surgery
- Microscopic decompression of the lumbar spine in case of spinal stenosis
- Cervical spine arthroplasty (disc replacement)
- Treatment of all degenerative disorders concerning the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine - especially minimally invasive microscopic interventions, including arthroplasty (prosthesis surgery) and fusion surgery
- Treatment of all disc disorders – especially percutaneous endoscopic cervical as well as thoracic and lumbar spine interventions
- Posttraumatic malposition of the spine – especially thoracoscopic endoscopic interventions including kyphoplasty and corpectomy
Diagnostic services
- Medical history
- Comprehensive orthopedic-neurosurgical and neurologic examination
- Power measurement of the lumbar extensor and neck muscles
- Electromyographic examination (EMG), Spine Motion
- Internistic examination via ultrasound and blood work diagnostics (infection diagnostics, rheumatism and gout serology)
- X-ray diagnostics
- Magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic resonance tomography, MRI)
Additional services
- Herniated disk in all parts of the spine
- Narrowing of the spinal canal – spinal canal stenosis
- Degenerative spinal disorders
- disorders due to fractures
- Back pains
- Tumor diseases
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Location
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Dachauerstr. 124aDeutsches Wirbelsäulenzentrum80637 MunichGermany
Specialisation
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Diseases
- Neurofibromatosis (opens in a new tab)
- Tethered Cord Syndrome (opens in a new tab)
- Herniated Disc (opens in a new tab)
- Herniated disc in the cervical spine (opens in a new tab)
- Lumbago (opens in a new tab)
- Kyphosis (opens in a new tab)
- Scheuermann's disease (opens in a new tab)
- Osteochondrosis (opens in a new tab)
- Back Pain (opens in a new tab)
- Scoliosis (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Canal Disorders (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Canal Stenosis (Spinal Canal Narrowing) (opens in a new tab)
- Ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterew's disease) (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylodiscitis (inflammation of the intervertebral discs and vertebrae) (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylolisthesis (Spinal Slippage) (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylolysis (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylosis (arthrosis of the vertebral joints) (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Disorders (opens in a new tab)
- Cauda equina syndrome (opens in a new tab)
- Meralgia Paresthetica (opens in a new tab)
- Supinator loge syndrome (opens in a new tab)
- Spastic torticollis (wry neck) (opens in a new tab)
- Nerve Cancer (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal cord tumor (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Tumor (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Cord Injury (opens in a new tab)
- Vertebral Fracture (opens in a new tab)
- Lower Back Pain (opens in a new tab)
- Post-Traumatic Kyphosis (opens in a new tab)
- Degenerative Disc Disease (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Instability (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Sprain (opens in a new tab)
- Whiplash (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylopathy (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylitis (inflammation of the vertebrae) (opens in a new tab)
- Flat Back (Postoperative Flat Back Syndrome) (opens in a new tab)
- Postnucleotomy Syndrome (Postoperative Pain Syndrome) (opens in a new tab)
- Idiopathic Scoliosis (opens in a new tab)
Treatments
- Cervical Spinal Disc Surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Neuromodulation (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Disc Surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Stabilization (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Correction (opens in a new tab)
- Spondylodesis (opens in a new tab)
- Neurosurgical Pain Management (opens in a new tab)
- Percutaneous Spinal Surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Minimally Invasive Disc Surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Kyphoplasty (opens in a new tab)
- Neuronavigation (opens in a new tab)
- Nerve Reconstruction (opens in a new tab)
- Spinal Stabilization Surgery Using a Cage (opens in a new tab)
- Percutaneous Nucleotomy (opens in a new tab)
- Back Pain Treatment (opens in a new tab)
- TLIF Procedure (Spinal Fusion) (opens in a new tab)
Areas of Expertise
apex spine center - German Center for Spinal Surgery and Special Endoscopic Disc Surgery