Skip to main content
Deutsch

Clinical Inpacient Services

  1. Department of Neurosurgery
  2. Information for patients
  3. Clinical Inpacient Services

When an inpatient hospitalisation is required

Medical competence & safety side by side with professional compassionate care and nursing around the clock

For the inpatient treatment of our patients, we have two normal-bed wards and an intensive care unit. The normal-bed wards each have 23 beds, divided into 2- and 3-bed rooms, as well as a 4-bed monitoring room.

A team of doctors and nurses and qualified nurses, supported by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and clinical psychologists, provides our patients with professional care around the clock. In the neurosurgical intensive care unit, patients are treated in close cooperation with colleagues from the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine.

The pre-operative assesment with the treating neurosurgeon as well as the processing of other relevant documents and forms usually takes place in our outpatient clinic. The AKH Vienna leaflet on Preparation for surgery under Anesthesia/Regional Anesthesia should also be considered.

In order to optimize organizational procedures, we ask our patients to contact our surgery planning office at +43 1 40400-25690 from 12:30 to 14:00 on the day BEFORE the planned surgery in order to have the admission confirmed.
Unfortunately, there are always short-term postponements of the admission date due to incoming emergencies. We ask for your understanding.

Our goal is make our patients stay at our clinic as efficient and pleasant as possible by providing the best possible care both pre- and post-operatively.

A total of seven fully equipped surgical units on levels 04, 07, 08 and 12 are available for the treatment of our patients. A team of experienced neurosurgeons, accompanied by specialized graduate nurses, radiological assistants and technicians as well as operating room nurses, ensures the smooth running of the complex neurosurgical procedures.

The Department of Neurosurgery of the MedUni Vienna also houses the full range of the most advanced neurosurgical equipment:
High-end Microscopy, Neuronavigation, 3D Endoscopy, Intraoperative MRI, Robotic Surgery, 4D Biplanar Angiography, Fluorescence Surgery (5ALA), Intraoperative Electrocorticography, Cryosurgery, Laser Surgery (LITT), Gamma Knife.

Our neurosurgical operation spectrum  includes:

  • Microsurgery - tumors of the brain, skull and spinal cord
  • Glioma surgery, meningioma surgery
  • Epilepsy surgery
  • Vascular and endovascular neurosurgery (aneurysms, AVM)
  • Pituitary surgery
  • Functional neurosurgery with stereotaxy (Parkinson's disease, dystonia)
  • Skull base surgery with orbital surgery
  • Pediatric neurosurgery
  • CSF draining surgery shunt operations
  • Neurosurgical pain therapy
  • Spinal surgery (degenerative spine and disc diseases)
  • Radiosurgery with the Gamma Knife
  • Microsurgery with intraoperative MRI imaging (3T intraop. MRI)
  • Microsurgery with intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM)

Surgery Areas: Level 08 (IOP-MRI/Angiography) and Level 07 / Level 12 (OR Rooms 1-4)

Head:
Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Karl Rössler
Deputy:
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.med.univ. Christian Dorfer, MBA
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Gerhard Bavinzski
Head/Deputy Nursing:
DGKP Martin Rauchberger
DGKP Leopold Pigall

© Wei-Te Wang© Wei-Te Wang© Wei-Te Wang

Operation-Unit Gamma Knife Level 04

Clinical / Inpatient Management:
Dr.med.univ. Brigitte Gatterbauer
Scientific Management:
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.med.univ. Josa M. Frischer, PhD

Head Nursing:
DGKS Pia Hollensteiner

© Alexander Bertalanffy© Alexander Bertalanffy© Alexander Bertalanffy

Nursing and care as an indispensable prerequisite and complement to professional medical treatment

Professionalism, commitment, empathy and respect are the strengths of our nursing staff, who form an important link between doctors and patients.
The nursing team of our clinic works in shifts to support and care for our patients during their recovery process, before and after diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

 

© Wei-Te Wang© Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie© Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie

© Wei-Te Wang© MUmundum© MUmundum

© MUmundum© Wei-Te Wang

© MUmundum© Wei-Te Wang

The Surgery Planning Office coordinates all surgery appointments and the entire patient management is carried out here. This includes communicating with patients from pre-registration for surgery in our outpatient clinic to scheduling inpatient admissions and surgery date.

The surgery planning office can be reached Mo-Fr between 8:30 am - 1:00 pm by phone: +43 (0)1 40400-25690.

Head:
Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Karl Rössler
E-Mail: karl.roessler@meduniwien.ac.at
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.med.univ. Christian Dorfer, MBA
E-Mail: christian.dorfer@meduniwien.ac.at

Team:
Larissa Riedl-Zwickl
P.: +43 (0)1 40400-25690
F: +43 (0)1 40400-45660
E-Mail: larissa.riedl-zwickl@meduniwien.ac.at

Selin Serbest
P.: +43 (0)1 40400-25695
F: +43 (0)1 40400-45660
E-Mail: selin.serbest@meduniwien.ac.at

Check-List for the stationary stay

Information for patients

Please note that there is only a small closet available in our hospital rooms. Therefore, please limit yourself to a few personal items for your stay and do not take any valuables or large amounts of money with you to the clinic. Our clinic does not assume responsibility if personal items are stolen or lost.

                                   Checklist for your stationary stay

Required documents and information: 

  • Referral from your general practitioner or a specialist
  • Insurance Card (E-Card) and ID
  • Medical records: Recent and previous imaging - X-ray, MRI and CT images (CD); Recent and previous medical reports and findings
  • Implant-, Vaccination- and Allergy-P passport
  • Documentation of previous surgeries and existing medical conditions, and, if applicable, a list of your current medications, including names, dosages, and dosing schedule; preferably in their original container
  • List of important contacts

Personal items:

  • Comfortable clothing: Pajamas, Socks, Underwear,  Slippers
  • Cellphone and charger, glasses, hearing aid, prosthesis box
  • Personal care products and towels
  • Reading and for kids a favorite toy

                                              Visiting hours: Ward Level 9 and Ward Level 10

  • daily 3pm-6pm
  • ONLY 1 visitor per patient

Please consider the hospital-wide smoking ban in the AKH Vienna.

In order to optimize organizational procedures, we ask our patients to contact our surgery planning office at +43 1 40400-25690 from 12:30 to 14:00 on the day BEFORE the planned surgery in order to have the admission confirmed.

© Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie
Wards and Operating-Areas