Treatment and diagnostics hydrocephalus in Alanya, Türkiye

Treatment of hydrocephalus in Alanya is carried out by leading neurologists and neurosurgeons using the most modern and safe microsurgical techniques. The treatment strategy depends largely on the cause of the condition. Etiotropic treatment is possible only with accurate and high-quality identification of the triggers of hydrocephalus. Therefore, diagnostic procedures are given great importance in the city’s hospitals.

Diagnosis of hydrocephalus in Alanya includes the following measures:

• measurement of anthropometric indicators, visual examination, and review of medical history,
• laboratory studies of blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid,
• duplex and triplex scanning of cerebral vessels,
• ultrasound of head and neck tissues,
• CT and MRI of the brain,
• stereotactic biopsy to differentiate tumors, if present.

After determining the cause, stage, and nature of the disease, the physician chooses the correct treatment tactics.

The following operations may be performed:

• shunting,
• ventriculocisternostomy,
• resection of a benign neoplasm,
• removal of a malignant tumor, if diagnosed,
• septostomy and ventriculostomy,
• aqueductoplasty.

Surgical treatment is supplemented by physiotherapy and medication. Doctors in the city’s hospitals do everything possible to normalize biochemical and rheological processes in the brain, activate healing, and prevent complications.