Conditions

Neurosurgical conditions include primarily brain, spinal cord, vertebral column and peripheral nervous system disorders.

Conditions treated by neurosurgeons include:

• Chiari Malformations
• Spinal disc herniation
• Spinal stenosis
• Hydrocephalus
• Head trauma (brain hemorrhages, skull fractures, etc.)
• Spinal cord trauma
• Traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves
• Brain tumors
• Infections and infestations
• Tumours of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
• Cerebral aneurysms
• Stroke, including hemorrhagic stroke and stroke
• Intracerebral hemorrhage, such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, intraparenchymal, and intraventricular hemorrhages
• Some forms of drug-resistant epilepsy
• Some forms of movement disorders (advanced Parkinson's disease, chorea) – this involves the use of specially developed minimally invasive stereotactic techniques (functional, stereotactic neurosurgery) such as ablative surgery and deep brain stimulation surgery
• Intractable pain of cancer or trauma patients and cranial/peripheral nerve pain
• Some forms of intractable psychiatric disorders
• Malformations of the nervous system
• Carotid artery stenosis
• Vascular malformations (i.e., arteriovenous malformations, venous angiomas, cavernous angiomas, capillary telangectasias) of the brain and spinal cord
• Peripheral neuropathies such as carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy
• Moyamoya disease
• Congenital malformations of the nervous system, including spina bifida and craniosynostosis