Beijing Tiantan Hospital is synonymous with Chinese neurosurgery: the national referral center, training ground for much of the country's neurosurgical leadership, and a global-scale program across brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease and functional neurosurgery. International patients typically come for tumor surgery (including awake craniotomy), complex aneurysm/AVM treatment, and second opinions on operability.
Neurosurgery at Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Short answer
Tiantan's neurosurgery department is China's national center and one of the largest in the world, operating on more brain tumors than almost any hospital anywhere — with full sub-specialty teams for gliomas, skull-base tumors, vascular disease and functional disorders.
Neurosurgery at Beijing Tiantan Hospital — conditions, procedures & next steps
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Related conditions
Brain Tumor
Brain tumors — benign or malignant growths in the brain — are diagnosed with contrast-enhanced MRI and treated with surgery, radiotherapy or targeted therapy. Beijing Tiantan Hospital runs one of the world's largest neurosurgery programs, and international patients can usually get a contrast brain MRI within days from about $320.
Stroke
A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or a vessel bleeds; emergency treatment must happen locally, but after stabilization many international patients come to Beijing for cause-finding workups, second opinions and recovery planning. Beijing Tiantan and Xuanwu hospitals are China's leading neurology centers, with MRI/MRA workups from about $320.
Treatments & procedures
Awake Craniotomy
Awake craniotomy is brain tumor surgery performed while the patient is awake for part of the operation, so surgeons can map and protect speech and movement areas in real time. Beijing Tiantan Hospital performs it routinely as part of one of the world's largest neurosurgery programs.
Mechanical Thrombectomy
Mechanical thrombectomy removes a large-vessel clot in acute ischemic stroke through a catheter — one of the most effective emergency treatments in medicine, but only within hours of onset. It is relevant for patients already in China; it is never a reason to fly.
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