The Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology Department treats all brain and spinal cord conditions that require surgical treatment, including tumors, hematomas, abscesses, vascular malformations, hydrocephaly, etc., using open craniotomy-trephination or endovascular surgery (known as embolization), with particular expertise in CNS vascular malformations.
As a result of this extensive experience, the Department is among the largest and most experienced Vascular Neurosurgery departments worldwide.
The Department is divided into two units:
- Interventional Neuroradiology
- Neurosurgery
These two units treat all brain and spinal cord conditions that require surgical treatment including:
- tumors
- hematomas
- abscesses
- vascular malformations
- hydrocephaly
using:
- open craniotomy-trephination
- endovascular surgery (better known as embolization)
Although the Department covers all Central Nervous System (CNS) surgical conditions (i.e. brain and spinal cord), the Department physicians also specialize in treating CNS vascular lesions, performing a large number of such procedures every year.
Director: Dr. Andreou Alexandros, Neurosurgeon
Dr. Andreou has been working at Hygeia Hospital since 1995, when he first introduced endovascular procedures in Greece, including embolization of brain aneurysms and brain and spine AVM/Fs.
During the last 30 years, he has operated on more than 3,500 cerebral vascular lesions. In parallel with his endovascular activity, he has routinely performed craniotomies for vascular lesions (including bypass procedures for giant aneurysms), brain tumors (many of them skull base tumors), as well as all types of brain and spine pathologies, accounting in total for more than 4,000 operations.
The field of his expertise is Vascular Neurosurgery, including all kind of treatment modalities i.e. brain and spine embolization, open surgeries and radiosurgery.
We have also a highly competitive experience on brain tumor surgery, including pituitary adenomas, as well as on spine disorder operations.