Neurosurgery clinics in Israel

What neurosurgical procedures are performed in Israel

Doctors in Israel diagnose and treat a wide range of brain and spinal cord injuries and diseases, including rare and complex neurological conditions.

Brain neurosurgery

Clinics in Israel successfully treat:

• All types of head injuries, including injuries with destruction of skull bones, damage to vessels and nerves, formation of intracerebral hematomas;
• Benign brain tumors: chondromas, pituitary adenomas, highly differentiated ependymomas, meningiomas, schwannomas, choroid plexus papillomas, lipomas, cysts;
• Malignant brain tumors: astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, medulloblastomas, lymphomas, gliosarcomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, metastatic tumors;
• Infectious brain lesions;
• Consequences of a stroke.

Neurosurgery of the spine and spinal cord

Israeli neurosurgeons specialize in the treatment of:

• Tumors of bone and cartilage, nerve roots and sheaths;
• All types of spinal injuries;
• Intervertebral hernias;
• Syringomyelia;
• Spinal canal stenosis;
• Chronic pain syndrome due to pinching of nerve roots;
• Cauda equina syndrome;
• Tunnel neuropathies.

Vascular neurosurgery

Clinics in Israel offer treatment:

• Intracranial hematomas;
• Aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations;
• Anomalies of the carotid arteries;
• Consequences of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke;
• Other disorders of cerebral circulation.

In addition, Israeli neurosurgical medical centers treat:

• Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease;
• Chorea, athetosis, various forms of dystonia and other hyperkinetic disorders;
• Chronic pain syndromes (back pain, headaches);
• Neurofibromatosis;
• Speech, visual, motor disorders after injury;
• Other neurological diseases that dramatically reduce the quality of life of patients and limit their physical, social and professional opportunities.

Innovative neurosurgery techniques in Israel

Clinics in Israel are famous for their innovative approaches to the treatment of diseases, and neurosurgery is one of the most advanced fields of medicine in this aspect. When performing operations on the brain and spinal cord, Israeli neurosurgeons use the most modern equipment and advanced techniques, such as:

• KINEVO® 900 Robotic Neuroimaging System. Designed for the treatment of neurosurgical pathologies. It has more functional capabilities than any other modern surgical microscope. Allows to obtain images of the operated structures in multi-magnification in 4K resolution.
• StealthStation™ S8 neuronavigation system. Designed for high-precision spinal surgeries. Features advanced functionality, including electromagnetic sensors to track the position of instruments during surgery.
• Intraoperative imaging of 5-ALA tumors. One of the major achievements of neurosurgery in the last decade. The compound 5-ALA, which is ingested by the patient before surgery, causes malignant glioma cells to become fluorescent. This helps the surgeon to detect and successfully remove the bulk of the tumor as well as small clusters of tumor cells outside the pathological focus, thus reducing the risk of cancer recurrence.
• GLIADEL Wafer topical drug delivery method. It is indicated for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed glioma of high malignancy as an adjunctive therapy to standard cancer treatment. GLIADEL plates are implanted into the brain in the bed of a surgically removed tumor. They slowly release a drug that destroys cancer cells, which may have been left behind after surgery, preventing the risk of recurrence of the malignant process.
• Surgical Theater® virtual and augmented reality technology. The system processes two-dimensional CT and MRI images and then creates a realistic three-dimensional model of the patient’s brain structures. With augmented reality glasses, the surgeon can literally “penetrate” the patient’s brain, analyze its anatomical structure in details and accurately plan the operation.

This is by no means a complete list of innovations used by Israeli neurosurgeons. Progressive technologies, extensive clinical experience and the use of high-tech equipment allow them to perform the most complex brain and spinal cord surgeries with minimal risk of complications.

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