Univ. Prof. Dr. Walter Saringer

Austria

Language Spoken: German, English

Neurosurgery

About

Prof. Dr. Walter Saringer has been working at the University Department of Neurosurgery at Vienna General Hospital since 1990. During his residency training, he spent several months with Prof. Yasargil in Zurich to improve microsurgical techniques in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, and with Prof. Samii in Hannover to improve his skills in skull base surgery. In 2000, he spent 6 months as a visiting professor at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburg, USA with Prof. Jannetta and Prof. Joh. Here he was able to expand his knowledge of the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and minimally invasive spine surgery. 2000 to 2003 he developed and published a worldwide new surgical technique for the treatment of foraminal stenosis and herniated discs of the cervical spine: Microsurgical and endoscopic ventral cervical foraminotomy Since 2002 he is the head of the working group for spine surgery at the University Department of Neurosurgery. In 2006, he completed his charitable foreign assignment as a visiting professor at the Neurosurgery Clinic in Sanaa, Yemen Since the beginning of his clinical career, surgery has been the focus of his interests. He has performed over 5500 surgeries to date, specializing in spine surgery, meningiomas, skull base surgery, and microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia.

Publications

Gammaknive therapy of paragangliomas
Plastic-reconstructive cranial surgery
Multimodal treatment concepts of skull base tumors
Minimally invasive spine surgery

Membership

European Arthroplasty Society
European Society of Spine Surgery
European Society of Skull Base Surgery
North American Society of Skullbasesurgery

Experience

since 1990 Specialist at the University Clinic for Neurosurgery of the Vienna General Hospital
2000 to 2003 Development and publication of a worldwide new surgical technique for the treatment of foraminal stenosis and herniated discs of the cervical spine: "Microsurgical and endoscopic ventral cervical foraminotomy".
since 2002 Head of the Working Group for Spinal Surgery at the University Department of Neurosurgery.

Education

Training as a specialist in Zurich, Germany

Services

Lumbar disc herniation (microsurgery; endoscopic sequestrectomy)
Synovial cyst
Lumbar vertebrostenosis
Lumbar Listhesis
Cervical disc herniation
Cervical foraminal stenosis
Cervical vertebrostenosis
Spinal tumors
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Sulcus Ulnaris Syndrome
Meningiomas
Tumors of the skull base (meningiomas; neurinomas/schwannomas; chordomas; metastases)
Tumors of the brain
Vascular diseases (angiomas; aneurysms; cavernomas; arteriovenous fistulas; intracerebral hemorrhages)