Actually, it’s the cervical or the lumbar column that can restrict our daily activity.

Mostly, the reasons for this are degenerative disease such as disc herniation, narrowing of the spinal canal, instability of the vertebrae et cetera.

Surgical  intervention should always be considered as last resort, whereas minimal invasive methods are preferred.

Painful numbness or tingling of the forearm and fingers, mainly during the night, can be a sign of a pinched nerve in the wrist (carpal-tunnel-syndrome), or ulnar wrist pain that often arises from a compressed nerve around the elbow extending towards the pinkie.

However, these symptoms have to be clearly distinguished from cervical nerve root compressions.

Unpleasant sweating within the armpit and palm (wet hands) are no longer considered as a cosmetic problem. It can burden one’s professional and social life.

This problem can be treated by a minimal invasive, endoscopic intervention with permanent efficacy. Alternative methods, like Botox, are expensive and of short effectiveness.

Some neurological diseases are not easy to diagnose.

Sometimes neurologists require a tissue sample for exact histopathological classification.

A cranial or brain tumor is not necessarily malignant. Most important is an exact evaluation, as well as a precise planning of the best treatment strategy.

This kind of surgery ranges from biopsy for tissue samples to complete tumor resection. For some delicate entities sophisticated navigation systems to within a millimeter, or intraoperative MRI-control is required.

Intracranial aneurysms are bubble-like expansions of the arterial vessel wall. Some of them may eventually rupture and cause intracranial hemorrhage.

A comprehensive consultation is advisable to prevent from such life-threatening events.

Other vascular malformations may cause symptoms like headache, epilepsy but also bleeding.

Radiosurgery is a single-fraction radiotherapy for brain tumors, vascular malformations or functional targets that performs precisely within a millimeter. No craniotomy is required.

Painful spells arising from the trigeminal nerve can be the most dreadful torturers one can imagine.

Intense pain with sudden onset appears within one side of the face. This spells are triggered by speaking, shaving, brushing teeth, cold breezes etc.

In case, medication does not alleviate complaints, or adverse effects hinder treatment, surgery or radiosurgery can be the treatment of choice.