Our spectrum of services
As an affected person, you can contact us, for example, if
you have suffered a first epileptic seizure and need advice on treatment and prognosis
you have epilepsy and have not become seizure-free with two medications
you would like to know whether your epilepsy can be cured
you are not sure whether you have epilepsy at all
you would like advice on specific problems and aspects of epilepsy (e.g. work, fitness to drive, desire to have children or pregnancy)
you are interested in participating in studies to develop new medications
you would like advice on the hereditary nature of your condition
you would like to find out more about seizure detectors
Medical colleagues refer patients to us, for example for
Differential diagnosis
Detection of seizure frequency
Pre-surgical seizure diagnostics (10-10 leads, high-density EEG leads, FDG-PET, 3-7 Tesla MRI, post-processing of structural imaging, invasive EEG leads, electrocortigraphy, Doppler for speech lateralization)
Epilepsy surgery
Implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator, deep brain stimulation and stimulating systems located on the skull
Complex epileptologic treatment
Diagnosis and treatment of suspected autoimmune encephalitis
Precision medicine in epileptology
Genetic counseling for epilepsy patients
Ketogenic diet
Two routine EEG devices are available for diagnostics in the outpatient area and eight fully equipped video EEG recording stations (invasive and non-invasive recording) for continuous recording in the inpatient area (and two additional for children). Specialized magnetic resonance imaging examinations according to special criteria are carried out in collaboration with the Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the University Hospital, and images of brain metabolism are also offered in collaboration with the local Clinic for Nuclear Medicine. Special laboratory and genetic tests are provided in house or sent to external, specialized laboratories.
In collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at RWTH Aachen University Hospital, we offer customized operations to treat certain epilepsies, the insertion of EEG electrodes on the surface of the brain or in certain brain regions (intracranial and intracerebral electrodes) to enable a more detailed diagnosis of epilepsies, as well as the implantation of vagus nerve stimulators, deep brain stimulators or local stimulators applied under the skin of the head to treat difficult-to-treat epilepsies.
Together with colleagues from the fields of occupational therapy, health and nursing care, speech therapy, physiotherapy and the socio-medical service, we provide comprehensive psychosocial care with the aim of improving and maintaining your health and quality of life..
