What this specialty covers.

Neurology covers diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and nervous system. Neurosurgery comes in when certain neurological, cerebral or spinal conditions require surgical treatment.

In spinal disease the decision to operate is open to debate: many disc herniations settle without surgery, and an alarming image is not an indication in itself. So we have the MRI and the neurological report reviewed before anything is arranged. When surgery is called for — motor weakness, established compression, intractable pain — it is scheduled with a team that does it routinely.

Conditions treated

Your situation is not on this list? It is not exhaustive: send your file and a doctor will read it.

Treatments and procedures

disc herniation surgery
spinal surgery
surgery of the vertebral column
brain tumour surgery
minimally invasive neurosurgery
functional neurosurgery
surgical treatment of nerve compression

The technique used depends on your file. It is settled by the doctor at consultation and stated in your proposal before you travel.

Four steps, from your file to your return.

01

Send us your file

First step: understanding your situation

02

Receive your assessment

A proposal suited to your situation

03

We organise your stay

Your stay, shaped around your needs

04

We stay with you until you are home

Support on the ground, and after your stay

What we organise around the medical care.

You take only what you need: nothing is imposed and nothing is sold as a package.

Medical appointments

Consultations, tests and surgery placed in an order that makes sense, with no day lost between two appointments.

Visa support

Letter of medical care and supporting documents, for the nationalities that require them.

Accommodation and transfers

A place to stay near the facility, airport pick-up and travel during your stay.

Travelling companion

We plan for them from the start: accommodation, transfers and presence at consultations.

What patients ask us.

No. Most settle with medical treatment and physiotherapy within six to eight weeks. Surgery is needed where there is motor weakness, cauda equina syndrome — which is an emergency — or pain that resists properly conducted treatment. The neurosurgeon decides on the MRI and the clinical examination.

The MRI itself, not just the report: the images are essential. Add the CT scan if there is one, nerve conduction studies, consultation reports and the list of treatments already tried, with how long each lasted.

It depends on the procedure: a few days after a microdiscectomy, appreciably longer after a fusion. The surgeon sets the date and gives you instructions about sitting during the flight. We adjust the return accordingly.

It relieves the compression, which often eases leg pain quickly. Back pain itself may partly persist, and a nerve compressed for a long time recovers slowly. The surgeon tells you what to expect in your case, before the operation.

Have your file read before you decide.

A doctor reviews it and tells you what is possible, what is not and what it involves. With no commitment on your part.

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The information on this page is general and does not replace a consultation. No indication, timescale or outcome can be established without a doctor reading your file.

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