Hospital Clinic de Barcelona


The Department of Epilepsy at Hospital Clínica de Barcelona is integrated into the Clinical Institute of Neurology. The specialization of the department is aimed at improving the quality of life of patients with epilepsy and assessing surgical options for drug-resistant epilepsy.

It is one of the centers recognized by the Ministry of Health as a national referral center (CSUR) for refractory epilepsy and epilepsy surgery. It is also part of EPICARE, a European network dedicated to the study and treatment of rare and complex forms of epilepsy.

As part of the surgical program, 100-120 patients with refractory epilepsy are examined annually in the department and about 40 surgeries are performed.

Other patients, who are under observation and are not candidates for resection surgery, as well as patients with refractory epilepsy, are offered methods of neurostimulation (stimulation of the vagus nerve, deep brain, trigeminal nerve stimulation), selection of effective drug therapy under EEG control, selection of a ketogenic diet or participation in clinical trials of new drugs.

For the treatment of refractory epilepsy, the first deep brain stimulator was implanted at Hospital Clínica de Barcelona. The device has been approved by the European Medicines Agency.

The Epilepsy Department of Hospital Clínica de Barcelona was the first in the field of psychiatric evaluation of patients with epilepsy. Experts have extensively studied the impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life.

The Cardiology Service is part of the Clinical Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Hospital Clinica de Barcelona. It offers high-quality and effective assistance to people with cardiovascular diseases. Thanks to continuous training and ongoing research, the clinic's specialists have the highest level of qualification.

The cardiology department of Hospital Clinica de Barcelona employs 29 doctors and more than 200 medical staff who are national and international specialists in the field of the cardiovascular system.

More than 15,000 patients visit the center annually. The department's specialists diagnose and treat all types of heart and aortic diseases in adult patients, and also provide full care for children with heart disease.

The Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service is part of the Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialties (ICEMEQ) of the Hospital Clinica de Barcelona. Here various anomalies of congenital, tumor or degenerative origin of the musculoskeletal system, as well as injuries, are treated.

The Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service of the Hospital Clinica de Barcelona is at the forefront in all areas: care, teaching, research, innovation and clinical management.

The main task of the department is to provide patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system with effective and high-quality medical care based on scientific data. Every year, about 24,000 patients are treated here and about 3,200 operations are performed.

The Neurosurgery Service is part of the Institute of Neurology at the University Hospital of Barcelona. Surgical treatment of some diseases of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system is carried out here.

The neurosurgical department is a highly specialized surgical service that deals with complex diseases.
The service works and interacts with such branches:

• epilepsy;
• cerebral vascular pathology;
• Parkinson's disease and movement disorders.

One of the main areas of treatment is skull base surgery.

The Center for Neurosurgery has two highly specialized operating rooms equipped with modern devices of high technological complexity.

Intraoperative magnetic resonance (MRI). Allows to improve the process of brain tumors resection, pituitary tumors and cavernomas during surgery.

O-shaped hand. Intraoperative computed tomography which provides real-time intraoperative images in both two and three dimensions.

Neurobrowsers. Allow planning the surgery in advance, as well as create three-dimensional images of the brain.

Robotic observation deck (Kinevo). Improves image quality and accuracy in microscopic surgery.

Intraoperative ultrasound (iUS). Allows you to improve the process of brain tumors resection. This is a "real-time" method that allows you to see the extent of tumor removal.

It provides high-quality and effective treatment of patients with neurological diseases. It is also a national and international reference center thanks to its teaching and research program.

It employs 121 professionals of various specialties: neurologists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, ergotherapists and residents, medical staff, physiotherapists, social workers, functional testing specialists, nursing assistants, administrative workers and medical workers.

The rehabilitation service is part of the Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialties of the Barcelona Clínica Hospital (ICEMEQ). The service is intended for the diagnostics and treatment of musculoskeletal system diseases on an outpatient basis. Patients who are hospitalized and require rehabilitation treatment are also monitored.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists help patients who, due to illness or injury, experience pain, temporary or permanent loss of physical or sensory functions.

The purpose of such treatment is to minimize the consequences of diseases, improve the physical condition of each patient. Treatment methods include physiotherapy, manual therapy, as well as a set of physical exercises, diathermy methods, electromagnetic fields, electrotherapy, cryotherapy, thermotherapy.

The rehabilitation service operates in the following areas of healthcare:


• rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system (postoperative, due to injuries of osteoarticular and vertebral diseases, pathologies of tendons and muscles);
• maxillofacial rehabilitation (facial paralysis and others);
• oncological rehabilitation (includes prevention and rehabilitation of lymphedema after breast cancer, rehabilitation of joints and neuromuscular problems during the oncological process, as well as physical and nutritional rehabilitation).