waiting times

Hospital Particular Alvor

01h09m

Atendimento Urgente

Hospital Particular Gambelas

01h12m

Atendimento Urgente

00h38m

Pediatria

Hospital Particular da Madeira

00h12m

Atendimento Urgente

00h24m

Pediatria

Madeira Medical Center

01h05m

Atendimento Urgente

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery


The Neurosurgery  is a medical specialty that involves the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (brain, central nerves and spinal cord) and peripheral nerves.


The HPA Health Group has an experienced team of Neurosurgeons and  Neuroradiologists  in the main areas of: Cranial Neurosurgery, Spinal Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, providing  the knowhow to investigate, treat and guide in the vast majority neurosurgical pathologies.

With imaging equipment - MRI and CT Scan - , Operating Room, Intensive Care Unit, all the conditions necessary are created for  Neurosurgical  Quality Care.

In spinal pathology  minimally invasive surgeries is highlighted, for herniated discs, stenosis of the spinal canal and percutaneous techniques for osteoporotic fractures.

Hydrocephalus, sometimes associated with other congenital CNS diseases, is the most frequent pathology in children. The treatment involves the placement of a shunt, or in some cases a ventriculostomy is performed.
Cranial pathology such as brain injury and brain tumors are the most frequent pathologies requiring multidisciplinary teams.

 

medical specialty available on the following units