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What is Neurological Surgery?

 

Neurological surgery as determined by the American Board of Neurological Surgery is a discipline of medicine and that specialty of surgery which provided 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;  the evaluation and treatment of pathological process which modify the functional activity of the nervous system including a hypophysis; and 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.

 

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Links to other sites

 

MRI :Website for Information on Stand up MRI's

American Medical Association: Research, information, and links.

Harvard: Follow the links to the medical section

Jerry Lewis: Website that discusses the pain/treatment of Jerry Lewis

AANS:  American Association of Neurosurgical Surgery

              Conditions & Treatments

Mayo Clinic: Treatments, research.

MedWeb: Emory University medical search engine and medical archives

Epidural Stimulators: Information for patients (and their families) being treated with Medtronic products and therapies.

Gliadel Wafers: Website with information about Gliadel Wafers.

Kyphon: Kyphon's is a recognized  leader in restoring spinal function through minimally invasive therapies.

ACR: American College of Radiology

Pain Management: Information on Pain Management

Info: Information of Programmable Shunt

Artificial Disc: FDA Approves First Artificial Disc For Treatment Of Low Back Pain New Motion Preserving Device Offers Alternative to Spinal Fusion Surgery

ASAM:    American Society of Addiction Medicine

CNS:      Congress of Neurological Surgeons

                Patient Education Materials

ASN;      The American Society of Neuroimaging

ASA:      American Society of Anesthesiologists

ABPN:   The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

AAPM:   American Academy of Pain Management

AAPM:   American Academy of Pain Medicine

CPCI:  Coalition for Patient Centered Imaging

FTC and DOJ Report       Competition and Health Care

Recent Changes in KY Health Care      Certificate of Need

 

 

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