17.12.2014

Financial support for neurosurgical research project

The Niedersächsische Krebsgesellschaft e.V. is funding the research project of Prof. Dr. med. Makoto Nakamura, Deputy Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, in cooperation with Prof. Christian Mawrin, Institute of Neuropathology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, entitled "Molecular and clinical characterization of skull base meningiomas" with an amount of € 10,000.00.

05.07.2014

Acknowledgments in the HAZ

The following acknowledgement appeared in the Hannover Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) on July 5, 2014 to thank Prof. Krauss for his treatment:

"For our dear M.

We congratulate you on your "2nd birthday" after your serious illness and are very happy for you. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Prof. Joachim K. Krauss from the MHH, who made the impossible possible, and everyone else who has walked this difficult path with you."

05.07.2014

Motörhead headbanging

A case report entitled "Chronic subdural haematoma secondary to headbanging" (Vol. 384, Issue 9937, Page 102, 5 July 2014) was published in the British journal "The Lancet" on possible sequelae of headbanging (head shaking) after attending heavy metal concerts. After the article was published, there were already 3.3 million entries for the search term headbanging on google within 48 hours. The HAZ, SPIEGEL, BILD-Zeitung and other newspapers around the world reported on the observations. In the articles, however, headbanging was exaggerated as the cause of brain haemorrhages.

You can find an excerpt of the resulting articles via these links:

June 26, 2014

Scholarship

Dr. med. Sabine Hertz receives a scholarship from the German Society for Neuroscientific Assessment(DGNB) e.V. to attend the advanced training curriculum "Neuroscientific Assessment" free of charge, which deals with terminology, implementation and possible problems in medical expert opinions.

The scholarship has a one-off value of €870.


07.06.2014

Young Scientist Award Neuromodulation 2014

Dr. med. Jin XingXing was awarded the 2014 Neuromodulation Young Investigator Award for his presentation entitled "The neuronal activity of the striatum and entopeduncular nucleus in the 6-OHDA Parkinson's rat model with levodopa-induced dyskinesia", which was given at the 65th Annual Meeting of the DGNC in Dresden. The prize is endowed with €500 and was awarded at the opening ceremony of the 66th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC) in Karlsruhe on June 7, 2014.

14.05.2014

"Lecture of the Year 2014"

Prof. Dr. med. Joachim K. Krauss, Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical School, was awarded the "Lecture of the Year 2014" and prize money of CHF 2,000 by the Sir John Eccles Foundation for his outstanding contribution and pioneering work in the field of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of dystonia.

The Fondazione Sir John Eccles promotes medical research in the field of the relationship between the brain and the soul while preserving human respect in all areas Sir John Eccles was involved in during his lifetime. Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian physiologist whose research into the signal transmission of nerve cells formed the basis for the elucidation of processes in the human brain, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology together with two other colleagues in 1963.

06.05.2014

Clinical Department of Neurosurgery presents itself at the Patient University

Staff from the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery talking to interested participants during the event in lecture hall F.

In the event series "Health Education for Everyone" (event period: April 29, 2014 - July 8, 2014), better known as the Patient University, Prof. Krauss presented the field of activity of neurosurgeons under the aspect of "Operations on the brain - what do neurosurgeons do?" to around 200 interested people from the city of Hanover and the surrounding area.

In the 45-minute lecture on neurosurgical clinical pictures and their treatment options, video footage of treated patients before and after the surgical procedure was shown, among other things. After a final round of questions in the auditorium, so-called learning wards were set up in front of the lecture hall.

Prof. Krauss' medical team was represented at the wards. The physicians from the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery answered further questions, used models to explain the anatomy of the brain and spine and their functions and also showed a video of brain surgery. It was also possible to see pacemakers and their electrodes, which are implanted in the brain during deep brain stimulation, for example.


05.05.2014

Scholarship from the Neurosurgical Research Foundation

Dr. Shadi Al-Afif, assistant physician at the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, receives a grant from the Neurosurgical Research Foundation for his scientific research project entitled "Local use of nucleolipids for the treatment of glioblastomas".

The funding amount is €10,000 for one year. Follow-up funding is possible under certain conditions. The purpose of the foundation, which was established in 1992, is to promote research in the field of clinical and experimental neurosurgery and its scientific basis. The scholarship will be presented at the opening ceremony of the 65th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC) on May 11, 2014 in Dresden.


05.05.2014

Traugott Riechert Prize 2014

Dr. med. Götz Lütjens, Senior Physician at the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, has been awarded the 2014 Traugott Riechert Prize of the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) for his work entitled "Oscillatory neuronal activity in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis during intensified metacognitive psychotherapy and after acute deep brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder". The prize has been awarded annually since 2007, is endowed with €5,000 and is donated by Medtronic for work and projects in the field of functional neurosurgery with the aim of promoting young talent in functional neurosurgery. The prize will be awarded at the annual general meeting during the 65th annual meeting of the DGNC, which will take place on May 13, 2014 in Dresden.

24.04.2014

Interview on the subject of "Protective deep sleep"

Prof. Krauss gave an interview on the subject of "Protective deep sleep" for the member magazine "bleib gesund" of the health insurance company AOK Niedersachsen. He explained that the term "artificial coma" can be misleading. Patients who are in an induced coma are in a state of deep unconsciousness in which the brain throttles many bodily functions. In contrast to a real coma, patients can be revived from an induced coma at any time. An induced coma leads to a period of rest for the organism, which is maintained for as short a time as possible and as long as necessary.

27.03.2014

Clinical Department of Neurosurgery shows children everyday life in the clinic on Future Day

Children visiting the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery with Ms. Federwisch (right).

For the second time, the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery took part in the MHH-wide Future Day, which is organized centrally by the event management team and gives children an insight into various professions.

Three boys and three girls aged between 12 and 15 were interested in neurosurgery. After the general event about training and study opportunities at the MHH, there was a guided tour of the operating theater. Even just getting into the operating theater with the surgical scrubs was a highlight. The children were allowed to try out the operating table for themselves, touch surgical instruments and walk around the operating table with the patient and surgeons during a real operation. This gave them the opportunity to take a look at the (once again bloodless) operating field.

Afterwards, two children were assigned to a neurosurgeon. Dr. Saryyeva, Ms. Schmitt and Mr. Abuharbid shared their daily medical work with the children and answered countless questions.

The long day ended with the X-ray discussion. The neuroradiologist Prof. Haubitz presented the cases in a way that the children could understand, giving them an insight into the anatomy of the human body.

The children went home exhausted but euphoric.


05.03.2014

Neurooncology Symposium

"Therapy of brain tumours in the recurrence situation" was the topic of this year's Neurooncology Symposium, organized by the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery. First, overview presentations from the MHH were given by Dr. med. P. Raab (Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology), Prof. Dr. med. M. Nakamura (Clinical Department of Neurosurgery), Dr. med. D. Steinmann (Clinical Department of Radiotherapy and Special Oncology) and Prof. Dr. med. G. Berding (Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine). Prof. Dr. med. H. Strik (Neurological Clinical Department, University Hospital Marburg) on "Drug therapy options for recurrent brain tumors" and Prof. Dr. med. U. Schlegel (Neurological University Clinical Department, Ruhr University Bochum) on "Neurological and cognitive long-term effects after radiotherapy in brain tumor patients" were two external guest speakers invited to address the approximately 100 participants.

This also included a radio interview "New strategies in the treatment of brain tumors" by Prof. Krauss (Clinical Department of Neurosurgery) and Prof. Christiansen (Clinical Department of Radiotherapy and Special Oncology) on Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), which was broadcast on 07.03.2014 at 9 pm on NDR Info. Unfortunately, the interview is no longer available.

25.02.2014

Appointment

The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) has appointed Prof. Joachim K. Krauss as representative of the newly-initiated "Task Force on Dystonia". Among other things, the task force deals with the creation and implementation of rating scales and diagnostic criteria for patients with dystonia.

04.02.2014

Interview on the treatment of acoustic neuroma

Prof. Krauss gave an interview on the treatment of acoustic neuroma (AKN) on the radio show "Sprechstunde" on Deutschlandfunk (DLF) on February 4, 2014. The interview was about a new clinical study investigating whether the administration of low-dose aspirin can inhibit tumor growth.

January 2014

Interview Accident Michael Schumacher

On the occasion of Michael Schumacher's accident on December 29, 2013, Prof. Krauss gave various interviews on the radio stations NDR and ffn and in the Hannover Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) on the clinical picture of traumatic brain injury and its treatment options.

January 2014

Good physician-patient interaction

The evaluation of the results of the patient survey at the MHH published in August 2012, based on 200 patients surveyed for each specialist department, came to the conclusion that the physician-patient ratio factor has the greatest statistical influence on patients' willingness to recommend the hospital to others. The question "Would you recommend this hospital [neurosurgery] to your family or friends if necessary?" was answered in the affirmative by 94.4% of the neurosurgery patients surveyed.