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Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
Landstrasse Municipial Hospital, Vienna
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Associated Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical University of Innsbruck
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Austrian Medical Ass. diploma in "Manual Medicine"
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Court Certified Expert Witness
SPECIALITIES
NEUROVASCULAR SURGERY
Carotid Stenosis (Carotid endarterectomy), Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency, Aneurysm including Giant Aneurysm, Angioma (Arteriovenous malformation = AVM), Cavernoma, Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF), Cerebrovascular Insufficiency (Stroke, Intracranial-Extracranial-Bypass Surgery), Microvascular Decompression (Trigeminal Neuralgia, Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm, Bow Hunter-Syndrome)
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NEUROONCOLOGY
Glioma (including Awake surgery for intrinsic brain tumor), Neurinoma (including Cerebellopontine angle tumor), Meningioma, Hemangioblastoma (Hippel-Lindau-Disease), Neurofibromatosis, Pituitary tumor, Skull-base tumor, Tumor of the Orbit, Spinal cord-Tumor
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DEGENERATIVE SPINE DISEASE
Radiculopathy, Disk herniation, Stenosis, Myelopathy, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Deformity (Sagittal Imbalance)
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PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY
Nerve entrapment syndrome (Carpal tunnel syndrome, Cubital tunnel syndrome, Thoracic oulet syndrome, Suprascapular entrapment syndrome, Meralgia paresthetica, Morton´s Neuroma), Nerve Tumor (Schwannoma, Neurofibroma)
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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID-PROBLEMS
Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor cerebri, Syringomyelia, Chiari-Malformation, Intracranial Hypotension
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EPILEPSY
associated with brain tumors and brain vascular malformations (Cavernomas, angiomas), temporal lobe epilepsy, hippocampal sclerosis
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CHRONIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS
ABOUT ME
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1998-2017
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2010-2017
2012-(ongoing)
2016-2017
2017-(ongoing)
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Medical Training, University of Innsbruck Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria
MD degree (Dr.med.univ)
Postdoctoral Training, Institute of Histology and Embryology, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck,
Austria
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS)
Resident, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Fellow, Clinical Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany
Specialist (Facharzt) in Neurosurgery
Fellow, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Germany
Secondary specialization (Additivfacharzt) in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Medicine
Training in Health Sciences (“Gesundheitswissenschaften”) UMIT, University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology,
Hall in Tyrol, Austria
Master degree (MSc.) in Health Sciences (“Gesundheitswissenschaften”)
Venia docendi (Priv.Doz.) for the clinical speciality “Neurosurgery”
Austrian Medical Association Diploma “Clinical Investigator” (ÖÄK-Diplom “Klinischer Prüfarzt”)
Austrian Medical Association Diploma “Manual Medicine” (ÖÄK-Diplom “Manuelle Medizin”)
P R O F E S S I O N A L A P P O I N T M E N T S
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Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
University Assistant, Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Resident, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Consultant Neurosurgeon (Oberarzt), Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Kufstein District Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Vice Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Associated Professor of Neurosurgery (“Ausserordentlicher Universitätsprofessor”), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Vice Chairman, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Certified court expert with the Austrian Ministry of Justice for the clinical specialty “Neurosurgery”
Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Landstrasse Municipial Hospital (former "Rudolfstiftung Hospital"), Vienna, Austria
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S E L E C T E D M E M B E R S H I P S
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Österreichische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (ÖGNC)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC)
European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS)
Austrian Spine Society (ASS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie (DWG)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurointensivmedizin (DGNI)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für neurowissenschaftliche Begutachtung (DGNB)
Alumnivereinigung der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
Recent 10 most important publications
Petr O, Glodny B, Brawanski K, Kerschbaumer J, Freyschlag C, Pinggera D,
Rehwald R, Hartmann S, Ortler M, Thomé C. Immediate Versus Delayed Surgical
Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation for Acute Motor Deficits: The Impact of
Surgical Timing on Functional Outcome. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Apr
1;44(7):454-463.
Wiegele M, Schöchl H, Haushofer A, Ortler M, Leitgeb J, Kwasny O, Beer R, Ay
C, Schaden E. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in adult patients with
traumatic brain injury receiving oral anticoagulant therapy: an Austrian
interdisciplinary consensus statement. Crit Care. 2019 Feb 22;23(1):62.
Bauer M, Sohm F, Thomé C, Ortler M. Refractory intracranial hypertension in
traumatic brain injury: Proposal for a novel score to assess the safety of lumbar
cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Nov 1;8:265
Pinggera D, Unterhofer C, Görtz P, Thomé C, Ortler M. Postoperative
Thromboembolic Prophylaxis with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin and Risk of
Rebleeding in Patients with Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Comparative
Retrospective Cohort Study. World Neurosurg. 2017 Aug;104:284-290.
Helbok R, Schiefecker AJ, Friberg C, Beer R, Kofler M, Rhomberg P,
Unterberger I, Gizewski E, Hauerberg J, Möller K, Lackner P, Broessner G,
Pfausler B, Ortler M, Thome C, Schmutzhard E, Fabricius M. Spreading
depolarizations in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage:
Association with perihematomal edema progression. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017
May;37(5):1871-1882.
Unterhofer C, Freyschlag CF, Thomé C, Ortler M. Opening the Internal Hematoma
Membrane Does Not Alter the Recurrence Rate of Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A
Prospective Randomized Trial. World Neurosurg. 2016 Aug;92:31-36.
Schubert GA, Seiz-Rosenhagen M, Ortler M, Czabanka M, Scheufler KM, Thomé C.
Cortical indocyanine green videography for quantification of acute hypoperfusion
after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a feasibility study. Neurosurgery. 2012 Dec;71(2
Suppl Operative):ons260-7; discussion ons267-8.
Lackner P, Koppelstaetter F, Ploner P, Sojer M, Dobesberger J, Walser G,
Schmutzhard E, Schmidauer C, Bauer R, Unterberger I, Ortler M, Trinka E. Cerebral
vasospasm following temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Neurology. 2012 Apr
17;78(16):1215-20.
Ortler M, Fiegele T, Walser G, Trinka E, Eisner W. Cranial nerve monitoring
during subpial dissection in temporomesial surgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011
Jun;153(6):1181-9.
Ortler M, Sohm F, Eisner W, Bauer R, Dobesberger J, Trinka E, Widmann G, Bale
R. Frame-based vs frameless placement of intrahippocampal depth electrodes in
patients with refractory epilepsy: a comparative in vivo (application) study.
Neurosurgery. 2011 Apr;68(4):881-7; discussion 887.
For a complete PubMed Listing, see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ortler++M
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C O N T A C T
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P R I V A T E C O N S U L T A T I O N
Wednesday, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m
or by appointment​
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A D D R E S S
10/2, Theresianumgasse / Ground Floor
1040 Vienna
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A P P O I N T M E N T
Administrative Coordinator
Mr. Wolfgang Wiener, MSc.
Phone: +43 680 1405256
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Department of Neurosurgery
Landstrasse Municipial Hospital, Vienna
Mrs. Michaela Fischer (Administrative Coordinator)
Phone. +43 1 71165 4508
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E-mail: martin.ortler@gesundheitsverbund.at
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P L E A S E L E T U S K N O W I N A D V A N C E A B O U T S P E C I A L N E E D S D U R I N G T H E O U T P A T I E N T V I S I T
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C A N C E L L A T I O N
Please cancel at least 24h before the consultation
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D I R E C T I O N S
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by Tram: D; Stops Plößlgasse or Schloss Belvedere
by Underground: Line U1, Stop Taubstummengasse
by Car: Parking Garage Schwarzenberg; BIP Garage Argentinierstr.29
Street Parking in the Area is limited (must purchase ticket)