Operative Spine Treatments

Neurosurgery is the surgical specialization that treats diseases and disorders of the brain and spinal cord.

Conditions we treat

• Spinal disc herniation
• Cervical spinal stenosis and Lumbar spinal stenosis
• Hydrocephalus Head trauma (brain hemorrhages, fractures, etc.)
• Spinal cord trauma
• Traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves
• Tumors of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
• Intracerebral hemorrhage, such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, interdepartmental, and intracellular hemorrhages
• Intractable pain of cancer or trauma patients and cranial/peripheral nerve pain
• Back pain can sometimes produce neurological symptoms such as numbness, muscle weakness and loss of bowel and bladder control due to dysfunction at the nerve root. These symptoms are indicators that neurosurgery is required to treat the underlying cause of back pain as opposed to conservative treatments. Procedures to treat back pain under the realm of neurosurgery include: discectomy, laminectomy and spinal fusion surgery

Back and Spine Care

If your condition requires spinal surgery, your spine care team will focus on minimally invasive options, which may include:

• Microdiscectomy: Removing part of a damaged spinal disc using microscopically enhanced techniques.
• Spinal fusion: Joining (fusing) two vertebrae so that there’s no movement between them.
• Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): Removing a disc in the neck (cervical) region of your spine and fusing the vertebrae above and below it.
• Total disc replacement (arthroplasty): Removing an entire damaged spinal disc and replacing it with an artificial disc to help preserve motion between two vertebrae.