Neurological conditions are often highly complex, so it takes a team of doctors trained in specific conditions to provide specialized neurosurgical treatment. Neurosurgeons specializes in a particular condition and/or treatment, and then collaborate with other physicians who specialize in different, complementary areas in the neurosciences when caring for patients.
Some neurosurgical conditions include:
Neurosurgery:
Conditions
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Central nervous system lymphoma
- Colloid cysts and other intraventricular tumors
- Gliomas
- Meningiomas
- Metastatic cancer in brain, spine or cerebrospinal fluid
- Tumors
Movement Disorders
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Carpal Tunnel
- Damaged Nerves
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Ulnar Neuropathy
- Acromegaly
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Non-functional adenomas
- Prolactinoma