Prof. Venelin M. Gerganov, MD, PhD - neurosurgeon
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Diseases and Treatment
Neurosurgery is the part of medicine dealing with the surgical treatment of the disorders affecting the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
Enlisted here are the main groups of diseases, which I treat. My guiding concept is individualized treatment, adapted to the needs of the particular patient.
In case you need more detailed information, do not hesitate to contact me.
Tumors of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
- Microsurgery
- Navigation-guided minimally invasive surgery
- Image-guided and controlled surgery (intraoperative MRI, Ultrasound, Fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-ALA)
- Brain mapping
Tumors of the skull base, pituitary adenomas, sellar tumors
- Microsurgery and endoscopy
Vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord
- cavernomas, AVMs, aneurysmas
Degenerative spine diseases: disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis, spinal instability
- Microsurgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Stabilization techniques
Endoscopic surgery
- hydrocephalus, cystic lesions and tumors
Pain surgery
- trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, phantom pain (DREZ), etc.
Neurotraumatology
Rare diseases
- syringomyelia, neurofibromatosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation, etc.