Neurocenter

Neurosurgery in the Uusimaa region is centralized in the Department of Neurosurgery at Meilahti Bridge Hospital. We treat all neurosurgical patients in the Uusimaa region and in the hospital districts of Kymenlaakso, South Karelia, and Päijät-Häme.

All cerebral bypass surgeries in Finland are performed exclusively at our clinic. In addition, we treat complex cranial base tumors, cerebral aneurysms, and cerebrovascular malformations in patients from Finland and abroad. 
 
Epilepsy surgery has been nationally centralized in HUS and Kuopio University Hospital. We have strong expertise in pediatric neurosurgery, and Finland’s only pediatric neurosurgery emergency service to provide care 24 hours a day operates in Helsinki.
 
Our Department of Neurosurgery is internationally renowned and appreciated for its top-notch special expertise in all areas of neurosurgical treatment. We are Europe's leading center in microneurosurgical treatment of cerebrovascular vessels, and we are also ranked among the best units in the world.
 
We are among the largest units in the world in terms of the number of surgical procedures performed to treat cerebrovascular diseases and moderate and severe brain injuries. Every year, we treat over 3,000 patients. Annually, we provide training to 100–200 foreign neurosurgeons on the latest surgical methods for microneurosurgery.

In neurology, we are responsible for the emergency services required in specialist medical care in neurology, as well as for neurological outpatient clinic care and inpatient care, and demanding neurological rehabilitation needed in the Helsinki University Hospital Area. 

Our Emergency Clinic for Neurology at Meilahti Tower Hospital is the only unit in the Uusimaa region, where demanding treatment and diagnostics, including the thrombolytic therapy for cerebral infarction, can be implemented 24 hours a day throughout the year.

Approximately 80% of the patients on our neurological inpatient wards are admitted from the Emergency Clinic. The wards for demanding neurological rehabilitation admit patients directly from inpatient care. At the Meilahti Emergency Clinic for Neurology, we offer telestroke consultation to several professionals in the central and regional hospitals.

Our neurology outpatient clinics in Meilahti, Laakso, Jorvi, and Peijas are responsible for specialist medical outpatient care in the Helsinki metropolitan area and for demanding specialist medical outpatient care in the Uusimaa region. Our special outpatient clinics are the Brain Injury Clinic and the Rehabilitation Evaluation Unit (Paciuksenkatu 21).
 
In the Uusimaa region, for example, the pre-operative assessment for deep-brain stimulation of patients with Parkinson's disease and the programming of the DBS device after the procedure, as well as epilepsy surgery assessments and post-operative care have been centralized at Meilahti Tower Hospital. Demanding diagnostics of neuroimmunological and neuromuscular diseases has also been centralized in Meilahti. A referral for these services can also be made from outside the Uusimaa region.

Neuropsychology studies an individual's data processing functions and assesses their behavior and emotional life.

The brain is responsible for human data processing and emotional experiences. Brain diseases and injuries may therefore be associated with changes in these functions. These changes are called neuropsychological symptoms.
 
The aim of neuropsychological rehabilitation is to reduce the harm caused by the changes in data processing, emotional regulation and behavioral changes due to the brain disease or injury.

At the core of the Pain Medicine division is the Pain Clinic, where we provide pain management services in the largest hospitals and pain outpatient clinics in Uusimaa. In addition to anesthesiologists, there is also a neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychologist working in the clinic. Management of pain includes the treatment of both acute and chronic pain. Acute pain management is needed, for example, after surgery. Chronic pain includes, for example, cancer pain and neurogenic pain.