NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY

Neurological Surgery is a discipline of medicine and that speciality of surgery which provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care, and rehabilitation) of disorders of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their supporting structures and vascular supply. This includes the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes which modify the function or activity of the nervous system, including the hypophysis (pituitary gland). It also includes the operative and non-operative management of pain. As such, neurological surgery encompasses treatment of adult and pediatric* patients with disorders of the nervous system; disorders of the brain, meninges and skull, and their blood supply, including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries; disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord, meninges, and vertebral column, including those which may require treatment by spinal fusion or instrumentation; and disorders of the cranial and spinal nerves throughout their distribution.

AMERICAN BOARD OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY

As neurosurgeons, we support the mission of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS), "to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the science of neurological surgery, and thereby to serve the cause of public health."

For more information about diseases and procedures performed by neurosurgeons, click on Diseases Treated by Neurosurgeons

*The physicians of Neurosurgical Consultants, Inc. limit their practice to the neurosurgical treatment of adult patients.