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Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders affecting the nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord and nerves. A neurosurgeon may provide either surgical or non-surgical care, depending on the nature of the injury or illness.
Neurosurgeons treat injuries to the head, spinal cord, or nerves that have resulted from accidents. They also care for patients with tumors of the brain or spinal cord. Patients threatened by a serious stroke may have neurosurgery to increase the blood supply to areas of the brain and spinal cord. Removal of arteriosclerotic debris that has clogged neck arteries is a common neurosurgical procedure to restore normal circulation to the brain. However, the most common condition that neurosurgeons treat is pain in the neck or lower back spreading to the arm or leg due to a ruptured disc. Neurosurgery is performed to treat disability or pain symptoms. Slipped discs or pinched nerves may be treated non-surgically through bed rest, back braces or physical therapy.
CND neurosurgeons are among the leaders in the following procedures:
- Utilization of a microscope during
neurosurgeries
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Image guided stereotactic computer assisted surgery
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Intracavitary chemotherapy (Gliadel wafers)
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Utilization of a CO2 laser for peripheral nerve surgeries as well as intracranial and spinal cord
tumors
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Neuroendoscopy for the treatment of cranial
lesions
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Intraoperative visual evoked, somotosensory evoked
responses, and brainstem auditory evoked responses
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Evoked cortical responses
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Microvascular neurosurgery
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Spinal instrumentation
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Programmable Vp Shunts
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