Clinic "Wedau" is an academic clinic University of Duisburg-Essen. It consists of 17 specialized departments, four institutes and one Neurosurgical Center.
Every year are up to 22 000 patients to inpatient and 66,000 outpatient treatment.
Center of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology "Wedau" - was recognized as one of the best in Germany. The center treats more than 5,700 patients a year.
Center regularly participates in national and international conferences, for treatment at the clinic used by doctors developed new methods for the center, which, in turn, has been recognized at the international level. Each year, the center conducted more than 2,500 transactions of varying degrees of complexity, many of which are unique in character pathology, complexity, distribution process, the equipment used and the results achieved.
One of the major neurosurgical specializations Centre is neurosurgery spine.
Here are treating degenerative diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, intervertebral disc herniation of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar levels, narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis). Stabilizing operations are conducted in the field of head and neck surgery for prosthetic intervertebral disc.
All surgical procedures are performed microsurgical and minimally-invasive method using test equipment.
Within the pain therapy is the treatment of patients with trigeminal neuralgia, and treatment of chronic pain with Spinal-Cord-Stimulation (SCS).
Orthopedic clinic
The clinic operations for knee replacement and hip with modern prostheses.