10.10.2015
50 years of MHH - Neurosurgery represented at the open day
To mark the 50th anniversary of the MHH, clinicians, researchers and teaching staff presented hands-on medicine on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Open Day. The Clinical Department of Neurosurgery was represented by Mr. Ertl, Mr. Esmaeilzadeh and Dr. Müller.
What happens during an operation? What does it look like in an operating theater? And which professional groups actually work there? Surgeons, nurses and OTA/ATA trainees from eight surgical disciplines and anesthesia gave insights into their fascinating work on the subject of operations. Whether new surgical methods, the correct positioning of a patient on the operating table or hygiene - visitors received answers to their questions from the experts and were also able to get hands-on. For the first time in her life, 79-year-old Christa Quisdorf from Empelde sewed together a skin incision from a pig's foot. She was thrilled: "I can recommend open days like this to everyone, it really activates the little gray cells in our brains." But that's not all: the MHH forensic scientists took the audience from the "crime scene to the laboratory" and dispelled many a (television) prejudice. Their exciting reports from "real" everyday life thrilled the visitors. "It's impressive how many details play a role in an expert opinion," said Sara Rohlfs. The 25-year-old is a nurse. In addition, at 40 other stands, physicians and researchers offered guests information on all aspects of health - including hands-on and hands-on activities. The spectrum ranged from the brain to the sensory organs, the musculoskeletal system, the heart and lungs, the nervous system, regenerative medicine and sports medicine. See also report in MHH Info
(Source: Press release)
14.09.2015
Congress organization
The Interim Congress of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) took place from September 3 to 6, 2015 in Mumbai, India. Prof. Krauss organized the congress together with Prof. Doshi from Mumbai and the board of the society. Prof. Krauss opened the congress together with Prof. Singh. The event was a great success with over 400 participants from all over the world. The next congress will take place in Berlin in June 2017.
09.09.2015
Awards Interim Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN)
- Ms. Anne-Kathrin Beck won the WSSFN Poster Basic Science Abstract Presentation Award at the Interim Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN), which took place from September 3-6, 2015 in Mumbai, India. The project was part of the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4-All. The prize is endowed with 500 $.
- Dr. med. Andreas Wloch will receive a travel grant worth $2,000 for presenting his contributions at the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Interim Meeting, which will be held in Mumbai, India from September 3-6, 2015.
07.09.2015
Awards 66th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurosurgery
- Ms. Anne-Kathrin Beck, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, was awarded the Young Scientist Prize for her work entitled "Intracranial EEG reveals differences in auditory change detection of thalamic and basal ganglia regions". The prize is endowed with €500.00 and was awarded at the 66th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery, which took place in Karlsruhe from June 7-10, 2015.
- Mr. Thomas Elle, PhD student at the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, was awarded the poster prize for his work entitled "Deep brain stimulation of the rat centromedian-parafascicular complex attenuates apomorphine-induced deficient sensorimotor gating". The prize is endowed with €500.00 and was awarded at the 66th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery, which took place in Karlsruhe from June 7-10, 2015.
16.05.2015
Clinical Department of Neurosurgery at the PJ fair
The Clinical Department of Neurosurgery took part in the PJ fair on 16.05.2015 and offered an information stand on the subject of the PJ in neurosurgery, where all questions on the process and content were answered by Dr. Wild, Dr. Al-Afif and Mr. Runge.
12.05.2015
Information stand at the patient university
At the Patient University, the Clinical Department of Neurology gave a presentation on "Stroke - Recognition and Prevention". Afterwards, the auditors, who mainly consisted of patients, had the opportunity to find out about surgical procedures in the treatment of strokes at the learning ward of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Petrakakis and Dr. Müller showed models of cranial implants for cranioplasty and answered questions.
02.04.2015
10th anniversary of Prof. Krauss
On April 1, 2005, Prof. Krauss became Director of the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical School.
Ten years have passed since then.
Prof. Krauss was ceremoniously congratulated during the early meeting. Ms. Federwisch, Prof. Krauss' advisor, presented a congratulatory card on behalf of the Clinical Department, a bouquet of NCH flowers filled with syringes, swabs and gauze bandages, a photo book with pictures from the past 10 years and a fine red wine from 2005.
Prof. Krauss had not expected this and thanked all the employees who had supported him during this time.
20.03.2015
Introduction Visage reading software
Patients who present as outpatients often bring imaging on a CD. As CDs can get lost, the Clinical Department of Neurosurgery has purchased the Visage reading software to improve our services for patients. With this program, the CDs are read in the presence of the patient and temporarily stored for 72 hours. The CD is immediately returned to the patient. The treatment options and imaging are then discussed with other medical colleagues without the patient. If the patient is treated as an inpatient and the images need to be available indefinitely, the imaging is transferred from VISAGE to the previous image viewing program PACS. Possible CD loss can be avoided.
18.03.2015
Certification for the treatment of glioblastoma
The Clinical Department of Neurosurgery has been certified for the use of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFs) with the portable NovoTTF-100A system from Novocure.
NovoTTF therapy is a non-invasive treatment option for adult patients with a glioblastoma that has recurred after surgery. Using 4 adhesive patches with ceramic gel pads, so-called transducer arrays, which are applied directly to the scalp, "wave-like" alternating electric fields are generated which spread across the upper part of the brain in different directions and are intended to slow down or stop the division of the cancer cells. Healthy cells are not damaged in the process.