Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery refers to any number of surgical procedures performed on not only the central nervous system, but even the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Neurosurgery encompasses surgeries for trauma, surgical clipping for brain aneurysms, and even certain operations to help mitigate psychiatric diseases. Click
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Neurosurgery is often a treatment option for the following conditions:
- Brain tumors
- Stroke
- Brain Aneurysms
- Spinal Disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
- Epilepsy
- Hydrocephalus
- Movement disorders
Neurosurgical Procedures:
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Ulnar Nerve Transposition
- Vagus Nerve Simulation for treatment of epilepsy to reduce seizures
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for treatment of chronic leg and back pain
- Deep Brain Stimulation for treatment of tremors and Parkinson’s disease
- Intrathecal Baclofen Pump for therapy of multiple sclerosis, spasticity
- Intrathecal Morphine Pain Pump for end stage cancer pain
Spinal Procedures:
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Cervical Corpectomy
- Posterior Cervical Fusion
- Kyphoplasty for spinal fractures
- Discectomy and Microdiscectomy or minimally invasive percutaneous
- Lumbar Fusion – Anterior or Posterior; open or minimally invasive
- Spinal Cord Tumors
Cranial Procedures:
- Craniotomy for bleeding, tumors
- Cerebral Aneurysm Repair
- Ventricular Shunt Placement
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Neurology and the types of conditions we treat at Trinity.