Dr Lamprecht’s profile

Qualifications

  • M. Med (Neurosurgery), University of Stellenbosch, 1997
  • M.B.Ch.B, University of Stellenbosch, 1987

Current appointments

  • Full-time private neurosurgical practice since 2002, Netcare Kuilsriver and Medi-Clinic Louis Leipoldt hospitals in Bellville, Cape Town
  • Examiner M.Med Neurosurgery (postgraduates), University of Stellenbosch
  • Lecturer in Neurosurgery M Med in Neurosurgery (postgraduate)

Member of

  • Neurosurgery society of SA
  • Spine society
About Dr Lamprecht - Neurosurgeon | Cape Town, South Africa

Surgical Experience

Dr Lamprecht has experience not only in spinal surgery but also in cranial surgery. He has performed numerous surgical procedures including:

Cranial

  • Craniotomy for clipping cerebral aneurysm
  • Craniotomy for tumour removal / resection
  • Craniotomy for sub- /extradural haematoma
  • Craniotomy for intracerebral haematoma
  • Craniotomy for brain abscess, subdural empyema
  • Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts
  • Transnasal pituitary tumour resection (with ENT)
  • Transpalatal pituitary tumour resection
  • Vestibular schwannoma removal
  • MVD trigeminal neuralgia
  • Cerebral AVM removal
  • Clival and other skull base tumours
  • Epilepsy procedures including temporal lobectomy
  • Endoscopic procedures (ETV and tumour removal)

Spinal

  • Lumbar microdiscectomy
  • Anterior cervical discectomy, fusionCervical laminectomy
  • Cervical laminoplasty
  • Cervical keyhole foraminotomy
  • Posterior cervical fusion / instrumentations
  • Cervical corpectomy / anterior fusion / instrumentation
  • Transthoracic corpectomy (with thoracic surgeon)
  • Spinal intra- and extramedullary tumour removal
  • Lumbar laminectomy and decompression
  • Lumbar fusion / instrumentation / arthroplasty (with Ortho surgeon)
  • Radiofrequency rhizotomy