IASO Thessalias boasts a fully equipped neurosurgery department and team, capable of handling effectively the whole range of conditions afflicting the central and peripheral nervous system.
The Neurosurgery Department is supported by the latest advances in the field of medical technology, and deals with the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions on a daily basis, using both conventional and invasive methods.
Therapeutic treatment of a wide range of chronic pain conditions.
Conditions treated include:
Chronic lower back pain
Post-operative spinal pain
Cancer pain
Pain after spinal cord injury
Pain after nerve root or plexus injury
Trigeminal neuralgia
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Pain in multiple sclerosis patients
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD syndrome) and causalgia
Thalamic pain syndrome (aka central post-stroke pain)
Phantom limb syndrome
Peripheral neuropathy pain
The modern, minimally invasive methods of treating chronic pain include:
Use of local anaesthesia
Use of neurolytic agents
Treatment of facet joint syndrome
Implantation of infusion pumps
Stimulation of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves using implantable devices
Motor cortex stimulation
Radiofrequency thermo-coagulation (RFTC)
Endoscopic adhesiolysis after lumbar spine operations
The Neurosurgery department works closely together with the ICU of IASO Thessalias, which can perfectly accommodate, support and fully monitor neurosurgery cases, be it emergencies or patients in need of gradual recovery following long-lasting operations. Our experienced medical and nursing ICU staff comprises anaesthesiologists-intensivists, fully trained to manage neurosurgery cases.
