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Neurological Surgery in Arizona

Services

Brain surgeon
Surgeon
Brain surgeon
Neurosurgery

Specialized Procedures

Specialized treatment procedures in the Department of Neurosurgery include:

  • Surgical navigation – Use of computers to plan precise approaches to areas of the brain during surgery
  • Cavitron – Surgical device that disintegrates and removes brain tumors
  • Cortical Mapping EEG – Provides the surgeon with information on locations of essential functions within the brain and help localize the site of seizures.
  • Minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery

Comprehensive Care

The Department of Neurological Surgery provides comprehensive care for disorders of the entire nervous system, including:

Cranial Surgery

Pain

  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
  • Hemifacial spasm

Functional Neurosurgery

Peripheral Nerve

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Ulnar neuropathy
  • Tumors
  • Nerve injuries

Spine

  • Degenerative conditions
    • Lumbar disc disease/Lumbar stenosis
    • Cervical disc disease/Cervical myelopathy
    • Rheumatoid arthritis/Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Scoliosis
  • Spinal cord tumors
    • Neurofibroma
    • Schwannoma
    • Ependymoma
    • Meningioma
    • Astrocytoma
    • Hemangioblastoma
  • Vascular malformations
  • Vertebral tumors
    • Metastatic tumor
    • Chordoma
    • Osteoma
    • Hemangioma
    • Osteosarcoma
  • Craniovertebral junction
    • Atlantoaxial instability
    • Basilar impression
    • Chiari malformation
    • Tumors
  • Spinal fusion

Vascular

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