CLINIC OF ENCEPHALIC STATIC LESIONS

The Attention Clinic for the sequels of adult Static Encephalic Lesions, is CIREN’s unit for the assistance, teaching process and investigation for the study and treatment of sequels provoked by CNS lesions. It has as principal objective, the introduction and development of new therapeutic methods that allow our neurologists, a much more rational approach to these issues. This Clinic also performs investigations related to these topics.

The Clinic is composed of a teamwork on such specialties as: Neurology, Internal Medicine, Neuro-psychology, motor rehabilitation, defectology, phoniatry, registered nurses and nursing technicians. Besides, the Clinic has the collaboration of other specialties like: Physiotherapy, Neuro-psychiatry, Neuro-surgery and Neuro-physiology. Specialized nursing service is offered 24 hours a day.

The present infrastructure includes 29 rooms (26 double and 3 single), distributed in adequately conditioned houses for hospital services, located at CIREN’s Neurovilla. That permits the institution to offer medical attention and an excellent stay. Our Clinic has a 10-year-work experience, or more, where more than 800 patients have received treatment due to sequels of the CNS static lesions. We have obtained improvements in the quality of life in more than 70% of cases, with low index of complications.

Brain vascular disease and encephalic skull traumatisms constitute the most frequent cause of the CNS static lesions. The most important attention requests our Clinic receives are; from secondary neurologic sequels to tumoral, infectious, toxic and metabolic diseases that receive attention at our Clinic.

Main sequale provoked by this disease involve the affectation of the motor system, that is, (paralysis, gait disorders, equilibrium alterations, coordination and involuntary movements); sensitiveness, cognitive orientation, memory, language, thought, calculation, etc., and conduct.