Hip replacement in Meoclinic Hospital

• Neurology and Psychiatry Department
• Neurosurgery Department
• Cardiology Department
• Surgery Department
• Orthopedics and Traumatology Department

Meoclinic Hospital was founded in 2000. The Clinic is located in the center of Berlin, not far from all sightseeing of the city. From Tegel airport to Meoclinic a patient can get for 20-30 minutes (10 kilometers).

Meoclinic hall

The Hospital cooperates with other leading German clinics and universities to share the experience.

The staff at Meoclinic speaks in German, English, Russian. The treatment may be provided on the out- and inpatient basis.

Meoclinic: facts and figures

• area of 4,500 square meters;
• 80 employees of medical staff;
• 3 inpatient and 1 outpatient operating theatres;
• 45 beds
• 6 intensive care beds.

Award of Meoclinic

ISO 9001:2008

Meoclinic is certified according to the International Quality Management System ISO 9001:2008.

Prof. MD Horst Glasner is Chief Physician of the Department. Specialist in neurology, psychiatry, and physical therapy. He has over 50 years of experience.

Doctors of the Neurology and Psychiatry Department apply such methods of diagnostics:

• differentiated ultrasound diagnostics of the vessels of the brain (3D/4D color coded duplex sonography, transcranial Doppler sonography);
• electroencephalogram;
• electromyography/nerve conduction study;
• comprehensive neuroradiology, etc.

Specialists provide the treatment taking into account psychosomatic and psychotherapeutic factors. The holistic medicine and certified body acupuncture are applied, too. The procedures may be conducted on out- and inpatient basis.

The specialists of the Department provide diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic pathologies of the spine and head. Doctors at Meoclinic apply multidisciplinary approach. It means that specialists from other departments are involved in the therapeutic process. It allows taking into account all the specific features of a patient’s body.

In case of surgery, doctors prefer using minimally invasive interventions. Among them are:

• laser therapy (PLDD) of herniated discs;
• treatment of the nerve roots and facet joints under the supervision of computer tomography (CT) or an electron-optical converter;
• vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

A doctor welcomes a patient

Neurosurgeons also perform endoscopic and microsurgical operations to treat herniated discs, disc space narrowing. In case of chronic neuralgic pain, which cannot be treated by medications, doctors provide implantation of the anti-pain stimulator.

MD Engin Osmanoglou is a Head of the Cardiology and General Medicine Center at Meoclinic.

The Meoclinic Department specializes in diagnostics and treatment of the cardiovascular diseases. For the diagnostics doctors use such methods:

• noninvasive diagnostics;
• accurate ultrasound examination;
• CT.

After the establishing a diagnosis, doctors prescribe treatment.

Doctors of the Department apply VNUS Closure or Benefit method which supposes closing of the veins of patients in cases when bypass surgery is impossible?.

Specialists of the Surgery Department provide patients with 24/7 medical care. They focus on minimally invasive surgery which reduces the appearance of side-effects. A surgeon controls all the process during an operation on the special screen.

Such types of surgeries are available at Meoclinic as shoulder joint surgery, obesity surgery, visceral and vascular, endocrine surgeries.

During a surgery

Conservative therapies include:

• manual, shock wave, laser bioresonance therapies;
• kinesio taping (method for the treatment of ligament injuries, bruising and swelling with adhesive tape, which is close to human skin tension and takes some of the load from congested areas);
• acupuncture, etc.

The main task of the Department is the prevention of locomotor diseases and recovery of limited functions with rehabilitation.

Within the rehabilitation period, doctors apply Neurorobotic Feedback Therapy. It in an approved system which traps the electrical signals of the brain via the skin surface of the lower limbs and supports them in a motorized manner. In this manner, so-called neuromuscular feedback is created. It causes activation of the cerebral area.

Service

Meoclinic cooperates with the hospitals to make staying of patients and their relatives more comfortable:

• Hotel Aldon Kempinski Berlin
• The Ritz-Carlton Berlin
• Regent Berlin
• Waldolf Astoria Berlin.

In the Meoclinic Hospital are available single and double rooms with:

• air-conditioning
• safe
• minibar
• Apple TV
• WiFi
• hairdryer
• shaving set.