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Ailments & Treatments
What Kinds of Illnesses Do Neurological Surgeons Treat?
Accidents that injure the head, spinal cord, or nerves require neurosurgical treatment. Neurosurgeons also care for patients with tumors of the brain or spinal cord.
Patients threatened by a serious stroke may have neurosurgery to increase the blood supply to areas of the brain and spinal cord. Removal of arteriosclerotic debris that has clogged neck arteries is a common neurosurgical procedure to restore normal circulation to the brain.
Children may be born with a brain or spinal cord malformed at birth or with abnormal spinal fluid circulation. Neurological surgery may be performed to help these children live a more normal life.
Perhaps the most common condition that neurosurgeons treat is pain in the neck or lower back spreading to the arm or leg due to a ruptured disc. Slipped discs or pinched nerves may be treated non-surgically through bed rest, back braces, or physical therapy. Neurological surgery is performed to treat disability or pain symptoms.
