Overview of Some Common Treatments Done by the Neurosurgeons

 

As the name suggests, a neurosurgeon deals with all those surgeries associated with the human body's central or peripheral nervous system. They are a medical specialist who identifies the issues with the brain and spine and then carries out surgeries to handle the anomalies in these body parts with utmost care considering their complications. 

 

The medical problems that neurosurgeons usually deal with include chronic cases of tumors, stroke, infections, degenerative diseases, vascular disorders, and trauma, etc., to name a few. Every neurosurgeon will have a uniquely specified treatment plan according to the patient's problem. They prepare such plans after their thorough diagnosis of each case and consider the multiple factors involved with them.  

 

Below are some of the common treatments which our expert neurosurgeons do. We have divided them into brain and spine treatments for the convenience of our readers to let them understand things better. 

 

Popular Brain Treatments: 

 

Awake Craniotomy: Awake Craniotomy in San Antonio, TX, is performed to treat the issues such as epilepsy, brain tumors, seizures, etc. The patient is awake during the entire procedure because the surgeon is treating the brain's areas that control speech, movement, and vision. 

 

Cortical mapping: It is a simulation procedure of the brain's cerebral cortex to ensure that resecting the problematic part of the brain will not cause deficits in the patient. 

 

Skull base surgery: If there are cancerous or non-cancerous growths and other kinds of anomalies in your skull base or first few spinal vertebrae, skull base surgery is performed. Skull base neurosurgery in San Antonio is usually done through a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure. 

 

 

 

Gamma knife radiation: Under this procedure, gamma radiation is used to treat brain lesions to stop growing, shrink or disappear altogether. 

 

Popular Spinal Treatments: 

 

Lumbar arthroplasty: When you opt for Lumbar arthroplasty in San Antonio, the degenerated or worn-out lumbar disk of the spinal cord is replaced with an artificial disk. It is a unique procedure, and its results are fantastic.  

 

Spinal Fusion: Spinal fusion treatment in San Antonio is different from lumbar arthroplasty. The neurosurgeon works on permanently connecting vertebrae of the spinal cord due to deformities, spinal instability, or herniated disc. It has certain complications, yet this treatment is an effective one for outstanding results. 

 

Spinal endoscopy: Through the effective combination of small incisions, special instruments, and cameras, endoscopic spinal surgery is usually carried out by our board-certified neurosurgeons to treat the cases of herniated discs, stenosis, and sciatica, amongst others. 

 

To know more about the above treatments and any other treatment or even the latest highly effective computer-assisted surgery in San Antonio, you can get in touch with the Brain and Spine Institute of San Antonio. We will be happy to serve you.