Neurosurgical patients in Israel benefit from the expertise of highly-qualified specialists, as well as modern diagnostic techniques and innovative treatment protocols. Israeli is home to a number of world-renowned neurosurgeons; foreign neurosurgeons routinely travel to Israel to train at Ichilov and Sheba medical centers, where hundreds of operations are performed every year.
Foreign patients also have the opportunity to consult with top Israeli neurosurgeons prior to their arrival in Israel. Patients can also send their medical history, including MRI and/or CT scan images, so that the treating physician can draft an appropriate treatment plan in advance.
Once they’ve arrived in Israel, patients will undergo thorough diagnostics, which includes a cranial US scan, MRI and MRA of neck vessels and brain, and neuronavigation and stereotaxy. read more
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease, which results in loss of ability of the nervous system to communicate due to damage to brain and spinal cord nerve cells. It can either take the form of individual attacks with the patient appearing asymptomatic between them, or take chronic form.
MS Symptoms and Causes
Multiple sclerosis can affect a large number of systems in the body, resulting in a variety of symptoms such as:
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Trigeminal neuralgia is an inflammation of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V), which can lead to intense electric-shock-like facial pain lasting from a few seconds to several minutes that occur in response to stimulation of the face (i.e. shaving, chewing, brushing teeth or even putting on makeup). The condition is chronic, and symptoms tend to become more severe over time. It is more common among people over 60 but can develop at any age. Most often, its exact causes are unknown.
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Brain tumors can be either malignant or benign. Cancerous tumors can be either primary (start within the brain) or secondary (mets of a cancer that has started somewhere else). The most common types of tumors in adults are meningiomas (which are usually benign) and astrocytomas; in children, malignant medulloblastomas are the most often seen.
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