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Neurosurgery
Dean Health System's Neurosurgery specialists (neurosurgeons) diagnose and surgically treat diseases and disorders of the brain, spine and other parts of the nervous system (nerves throughout the body).
Dean's
neurosurgeons treat both adult and pediatric patients.
You may be referred to a neurosurgeon if you have chronic pain, injuries of the head or spine, brain or spinal tumors, pinched nerves in the neck, low back pain, sciatica (tingling, numbness or muscle weakness down the back of the legs), degenerative or congenital spine diseases (such as spinal stenosis or spina bifida), carpal tunnel syndrome, epilepsy, stroke, and problems with arteries that carry blood from the heart to the brain.
The neurosurgeons at Dean work closely with other neuroscience colleagues, including neurologists and neuropsychologists to provide the most effective neurological care to patients, using the most advanced treatments and medical technologies available.
Neurosurgery Specialties / Procedures
- Acoustic neuroma surgery (removal of benign tumors on the hearing and balance nerves)
- Aneurysm surgery
- Arteriovenous malformations (defects of the circulatory system)
- Brain tumors, including posterior fossa tumors
- Carotid endarterectomy (surgical removal of plaque in arteries to the brain)
- Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery
- Cerebrovascular surgery (surgery to the arteries in the brain)
- General neurosurgery
- Metastatic disease (spread of cancer cells) in the brain and spine
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Radiosurgery
- Skullbase surgery
- Spinal surgery, including complex spine surgery and micro spine surgery
- Spinal fusion and instrumentation (metal implants fixed to the spine)
- Spinal reconstructive surgery resulting from tumors, injury or illness
- Vascular neurosurgery
See our recommended
resources for more information about neurosurgery and neurological
disorders that may require surgery.
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