Services

SERVICES PROVIDED

Basic and specialised treatment and preventive care for patients with disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system, muscular diseases, and disorders of the axial skeleton in the catchment area.
Diagnostics and treatment for complicated disease conditions, where the diagnostics and treatment were unsuccessful in hospitals and polyclinics of a lower type
Highly specialised diagnostics, treatment and preventive care for the whole of Slovakia for selected groups of diseases, in which the Clinic of Neurology of JFMED CU and UHM has proven an exceptional level of care and experience.
Ensures and carries out the theoretical and practical specialised clinic preparation of students of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University in Martin
Provides accredited specialised study in neurology
Provides full-time and part-time doctoral study (third cycle of university studies) in the field 7.1.11 - neurology
Ensures and carries out scientific research activities and provides expert opinions in the field of neurology

NON-STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS

Prion diseases (the highest number of diagnosed patients in Slovakia, EEG, MR, protein 14-3-3, E200K, codon129)
Epilepsy (non-invasive video-EEG monitoring, referral for epileptic surgery consultation at NUSA Brno)
Cerebrovascular diseases (USG, CTA, MRA, super-selective 3D DSA, HMPAO SPECT)
Neuromuscular disorders (quantitative EMG, single fibre EMG)
Multiple sclerosis (MRI, EP ascendant and descendant, complex examination of the CSF, neuropsychology, OCT, selected genetics and immunology)
Systemic intravenous and local intra-arterial rt-PA thrombolysis, sonothrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with the application of extracranial or intracranial stenting
Embolisation of aneurysms, A-V malformations and tumours
Non-standard electrophysiology laboratory (EEG, EP, EMG)
One-off, paired and repetitive magnetic stimulation
Parkinson’s disease (DATSCAN)
VNG (videonystagmography) examination and vestibular testing
Testing of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods (grants and clinical studies)

NATIONWIDE SERVICES

Centre for the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis

Stroke and MTE centres – systemic intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular mechanical thrombectomy

Centre for auto-immune and degenerative neuromuscular disorders

Centre for extrapyramidal disorders

Immunological treatment of neuro-immune disorders
Physicians: prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., MUDr. Jozef Michalik, PhD., doc. MUDr. Ema Kantorová, PhD., MUDr. Natália Jankovičová, MUDr. Marek Tarčák, MUDr. Milan Grofik, PhD., MUDr. Monika Turčanová Koprušáková, PhD.

Endovascular interventional neuroradiology:

Physicians: doc. MUDr. Kamil Zeleňák, PhD., FCIRSE, prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., FESO – cooperation with the Radiology Clinic of JFMED CU and UHM

Treatment of hyper-acute strokes

Physicians: Prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., FESO, MUDr. Jozef Michalik, PhD., doc. MUDr. Vladimír Nosáľ, PhD., FESO

Therapeutic application of botulinum toxin

Physicians: MUDr. Monika Turčanová Koprušáková, PhD., prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., MUDr. Jozef Michalik, PhD.

Treatment of refractory epilepsy

Physicians: MUDr. Babeta Hofericová, MUDr. Jozef Michalik, PhD., MUDr. Jana Zeleňáková, MUDr. Klaudia Kalmárová, PhD.

Treatment of refractory vertebrogenic syndromes
Physicians: MUDr. Jozef Michalik, PhD., prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., MUDr. Patrik Kašovič

Deep brain stimulation (DBS), permanent duodenal or apomorphine pumps in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Physicians: prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD., MUDr. Milan Grofik, PhD., MUDr. Ján Necpál, MUDr. Patrik Kašovič – cooperation with prof. MUDr. Miroslavom Galandom, CSc. and MUDr. Tomáš Galanda, Neurosurgery Clinic of SZU and FNFDR Banská Bystrica

Vestibular testing and videonystagmography (VNG)

Physicians: doc. MUDr. Štefan Sivák, PhD., prof. MUDr. Egon Kurča, PhD.