Center for Robotic Spinal Surgery

Precision - Safety - Innovation - Humanity

Welcome to the Center for Robotic Spine Surgery at GPR-Klinikum Rüsselsheim.

Our center combines state-of-the-art medical technology, many years of surgical experience, and the highest level of medical expertise in the treatment of conditions affecting the entire spine and spinal cord. Through a combination of robot-assisted precision, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and cutting-edge interdisciplinary medicine, we offer our patients one of the most advanced forms of spinal surgery in Germany.

Safety, precision, and quality of life are at the heart of everything we do—tailored individually to each patient.

Our Range of Services

 

Degenerative Spinal Disorders: 

  • Herniated discs and spinal stenosis affecting the entire spine
  • Spondylolisthesis (spinal slippage)
  • Osteochondrosis
  • Deformities
  • Revision surgery
  • Surgery for the aging spine, cervical myelopathy, etc.

 

Spinal fractures and fracture-related instabilities 

  • of the entire spine, including the craniocervical and craniovertebral junctions

     

Primary and secondary tumors of the spine and spinal cord 

 

Inflammatory spinal disorders

  • spondylodiscitis,
  • abscesses, etc.

 

Congenital disorders of the spine and spinal cord: 

  • Arnold-Chiari syndrome

  • Dysraphia syndrome

  • Tethered cord syndrome

  • Mucopolysaccharidoses involving the spine and spinal cord, e.g., Morquio syndrome or Marateaux-Lamy syndrome
  • Achondroplasia
  • etc.

 

Metabolically-related spinal disorders: 

  • Osteoporotic spinal fractures 

  • Stress fractures of the pelvis

     

Pain management procedures: 

  • Periradicular therapies
  • Infiltrations near the facet joints
  • Thermocoagulation of the facet joints
  • Epidural block
  • Pudendal block
  • Treatment of Costotransversal Syndrome
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Implantation
  • etc.

 

Peripheral neurosurgical procedures: 

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

  • Sulcus ulnaris syndrome (SUS)

  • Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS)

  • Meralgia paresthetica

  • Tumors and metastases of the peripheral nerves 

  • etc.

     

Consultation and Second Opinions: 

  • Consultation on all issues related to neurosurgery 

  • Second opinions and consultations regarding spinal issues 

  • Interdisciplinary care for all types of gait disorders

 

 

 

Our Range of Services

Degenerative Spinal Disorders: 

  • Herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and synovial cysts; degenerative and developmental spondylolisthesis (spinal slippage); osteochondrosis
  • Complex degenerative conditions such as kyphosis and scoliosis (deformities).
  • Revision surgery
  • Surgery for the aging spine, cervical and thoracic myelopathy, etc.
     

Spinal fractures and fracture-related instabilities 

  • Of the entire spine and sacrum, including the craniocervical junction

     

Primary and secondary tumors of the spine and spinal cord 

  • Intraaxial tumors (e.g., astrocytomas, ependymomas)
  • Extra-axial tumors (e.g., spinal meningiomas, neurinomas)
  • Metastases from systemic tumors
  • Plasmacytomas
     

Inflammatory spinal disorders

  • Spondylodiscitis,
  • Abscesses
  • Empyemas, etc.

     

Metabolic spinal disorders: 

  • Osteoporotic spinal fractures 

  • Stress fractures of the pelvis
     

Congenital spinal and spinal cord disorders: 

  • Arnold-Chiari syndrome
  • Complex spinal malformations (spina bifida aperta and occulta)
  • Tethered cord syndrome
  • Diastematomyelia
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses affecting the spine and spinal cord, e.g., Morquio syndrome or Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
  • Achondroplasia, etc.

 

Vascular diseases of the spine and spinal cord: 

  • Spinal arteriovenous fistulas
  • Angiomas
  • Cavernomas
  • Spinal hemorrhages (intradural and extradural)
     

Other spinal disorders: 

  • Cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders (syringomyelia)
  • Idiopathic spinal cord herniation
  • Spinal intradural cysts 
     

Pain management procedures: 

  • Periradicular therapies, infiltrations near the facet joints, thermocoagulation of the facet joints
  • Ganglion impar block, epidural block, pudendal block, treatment of costotransversal syndrome
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Implantation
     

Peripheral neurosurgical procedures: 

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), sulcus ulnaris syndrome (SUS), tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS)
  • Meralgia paresthetica
  • Tumors and metastases of the peripheral nerves
     

Consultation and Second Opinions: 

  • Consultation on all issues related to neurosurgery 

  • Second opinions and consultations for issues related to the spine 

  • Interdisciplinary care for all types of gait disorders

 

Doctors & Team

Online Appointment Scheduling

(Doctolib appointments with Prof. Dr. Rahim or Dr. Mowala)

Medical Director
Medical management

Prof. Dr. med. Tamim Rahim

Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

Tel. 06142 88-1834
Fax 06142 88-3429
WCH@gp-ruesselsheim.de

Other Doctors
Senior consultant and deputy head

Dr. med. Mohannad Mowala

Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

Tel. 06142 88-1834
Fax 06142 88-3429
WCH@gp-ruesselsheim.de

Senior physician

Maxim Jemna

Zentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie

Tel. 06142 88-1834
Fax 06142 88-3429
WCH@gp-ruesselsheim.de