Stroke has the following symptoms, which may occur alone or in combination:
- Sudden visual disturbance
- Dizziness, sudden impaired gait, balance, or lack of coordination
- Sudden numbness in your arm, leg, or face
- Sudden paralysis or weakness of an arm, leg, or face
- Sudden confusion, speech, writing, or comprehension disorders
- Sudden severe headache
Stroke is always a life-threatening emergency and the patient should be taken as soon as possible to an appropriately equipped hospital! Do not waste a minute in calling the emergency number for an ambulance.
The innovative technologies used in the center allow to accurately determine the localization of pathology and, thanks to neuronavigation devices, to perform operations in the shortest and safest way, with the least traumatic, shortest rehabilitation period and low risk of complications.
Neuro-oncological diseases
Neuro-oncology serves patients with primary brain tumors (gliomas, CNS-lymphomas and others) and patients with metastases of other primary tumors in the central or peripheral nervous system. Neuro-oncology in Germany is generally recognized as a world leader. We offer the latest generation of medical technology, accurate diagnostics, highly qualified specialists, minimally traumatic techniques and the latest effective drugs.
In the clinic, specialists from various disciplines plan the diagnosis and the optimal treatment concept individually for each patient.
Neuro-oncology encompasses not only primary brain tumors (e.g., gliomas, CNS lymphomas) but also metastases to the central or peripheral nervous system.
Primary brain tumors include, but are not limited to, tumors of glial cells, nerve cells, cerebral membranes, cerebral vessels and, formed mainly in the central nervous system, lipomas. Metastases to the nervous system are masses of other systemic tumors that have arisen outside the nervous system.
Tumors in the nervous system often lead to limitations in neurological function, which means that the patient’s quality of life is significantly impaired. The treatment of this pathology usually requires the involvement of surgeons, chemotherapists and radiation therapists.
Interdisciplinary cooperation between neurologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, neurosurgeons, oncologists and radio-oncologists is essential for the diagnosis and therapy of tumors. Only with the cooperation of all these specialists can individualized and effective diagnosis and therapy be planned and implemented. Our highest priority is to preserve or improve the quality of life using the latest methods of tumor-specific action.
At the Neurology Clinic of the Technical University of Munich, patients with neuro-oncological diseases receive medical care both on an outpatient and inpatient basis with coordinated interdisciplinary treatment. Treatment is continuously optimized through participation in therapeutic clinical trials.
Neuromuscular diseases
Neuromuscular diseases lead to muscle weakness or fatigue. The reasons for this are many: impaired force development in the muscles themselves, impaired interaction between nerve and muscle as a result of damage to the peripheral nerves supplying the muscles, or damage to motor neurons in the brain or spinal cord. Thus, the concept of neuromuscular pathology includes very different diseases: primary and secondary myopathies, myasthenic syndrome (e.g., myasthenia gravis), hereditary or inflammatory diseases of the nervous system (e.g., HMSN or SGB) and motor neuron diseases (e.g, ABC).
Our clinic has all possibilities for the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases. These include special laboratory tests, neurography in neuropathy, electromyography («EMG») in myopathies or motor neuron diseases, repetitive stimulation («EMG») in myasthenic syndrome, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and the possibility of nerve and muscle biopsies.
Our clinic is one of the partners of the Center for Neuromuscular Diseases in Munich.
In the treatment of muscle diseases, we maintain close cooperation with the Friedrich Baur Institute, where biopsies are processed using state-of-the-art methods. We see our most important therapeutic priority in the areas of myasthenia gravis and neuropathy.
Inflammatory and painful neuropathies are also the subject of our clinical research. In the treatment of these diseases we use methods such as quantum sensory testing» (QST) and evoked brain potentials».
Pain
There are about 14 million chronic pain sufferers in Germany. They are characterized by frequent visits to the doctor, multiple hospitalizations and rehabilitation, a high need for analgesics, and a high loss of working time.
Because chronic pain syndrome is very multilayered and depends on many factors, it requires comprehensive therapy.
Here at the Neurology Clinic, in close cooperation with the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Technical University of Munich, a team of specialists from various disciplines develops an optimally correct and highly effective treatment.
Often in patients who suffer from chronic pain, the physical cause of the pain cannot be identified or does not exist at all. Chronic pain does not, unlike acute pain, have a protective function as a signal of disease. Over time, chronic pain develops into a disease in its own right.
Constant pain signals lead to changes in the nervous system. As a result, the pain becomes fixed in the memory and with increasing duration of suffering, affects not only the patient’s psyche, but also family members, circle of friends and colleagues in professional activities.
Today we know that chronic pain is a bio-psycho-social act.
For optimal treatment of patients with chronic pain, the Neurology Clinic, together with the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology founded the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Therapy (CIPT) at the Rechts der Isar Clinic «Right of Isar».
The aim is to cover all aspects of chronic pain syndrome. The integration of different disciplines allows us to create optimal therapy in an interdisciplinary team. We rely on our multimodal concepts and on individualized therapy for each patient. As a university hospital, we have access to the latest research results, which can be quickly incorporated into the treatment of our patients.
In addition, a German research network for neuropathic pain has been established at the Department of Neurology, in the office of Prof. Dr. T. R. Tolle, M.D. (DFNS) with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
