Patients with tumors of brain and spinal cord benefit from a multidisciplinary collaboration between neurosurgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, neurologists and multiple other specialists to obtain the absolute highest level of care. At times, surgery is deferred to allow other modalities such as radiation or chemotherapy to treat the tumor....
Traumatic injury of the nervous system and the spine require expert and timely management to maximize the potential for healing and recovery. Our neurosurgical team has extensive experience in surgical and non-surgical management of trauma. In fact, our neurosurgeons have led major trauma centers in perfecting the timely management of...
Minimally Invasive Surgery (also known as MIS), is a term used to describe the types of spinal surgery where, instead of traditional open approaches, every effort is made to minimize the trauma to the tissues covering the spine (skin, soft tissues, muscle). This approach allows faster recovery and less post...
Pain due to a disc or "Discogenic pain" is a common source of extreme pain and disability. There are exicting advances in disc biology including science of stem cells and regeneration which is likely to ease the suffering from disabling back and neck pain due to disc degeneration.
Disc degeneration is...