Most adult patients of neurosurgeons are referred by their family
physician or chiropractic physician for treatment of a brain or spinal
problem. Except in emergency situations a consultation with the patient
results in a series of recommendations or treatment choices that the
patient and their regular doctor can carefully discuss and consider
before embarking on a course of treatment.
Adult Spinal Problems:
- back pain
- neck pain
- arthritis of the spine
- herniated discs in the neck
- herniated discs in the back
- painful, degenerated discs
- spondylolisthesis or slipped vertebrae
- spinal stenosis or narrowing of the canal in the spine that contains the nerves
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All
of these adult spinal diseases have surgical treatments available to
patients afflicted with them, but surgery is recommended only after
other treatments haven't worked. A neurosurgeon works closely with the
patient's regular doctor to make sure all non-surgical treatments have
been tried.
When surgery is required, neurosurgeons expertly perform:
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Endoscopic spinal surgery
- Outpatient spinal surgery
- Spinal disc removal
- Spinal nerve decompression
- Spinal fusion of the neck and back
- Spinal disc replacement
- Implantation of pain controlling devices
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Adult Brain Problems:
- brain tumors
- benign tumors
- malignant tumors
- gliomas
- meningiomas
- acoustic neuromas
- glomus tumors
- pituitary gland tumors
- metastatic tumors
- skull base tumors
- brain aneurysms
- arteriovenous malformations
- artery blockages
- trigeminal neuralgia
- hydrocephalus
- tremor
- parkinson's disease
- epilepsy
- chiari malformation
- skull deformities
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All of these diseases have surgical treatments including:
- craniotomy for brain tumor removal
- minimally invasive brain surgery
- endoscopic brain surgery
- incisionless stereotactic radiosurgery using Linac Scalpel or Gamma Knife system
- hearing preservation acoustic neuroma surgery
- pituitary surgery
- aneurysm clipping
- trigeminal neuralgia surgery
- carotid endarterectomy
- epilepsy invasive monitoring and surgery
- spinal fluid shunting procedures
- parkinson's surgery
- implantation of devices or control of pain and tremor