Neurological Surgery in Arizona

Services

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

• Primary brain tumors (including)
  • Astrocytoma
  • Ependymoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
• Meningioma
• Pituitary adenomas
• Craniopharnygiomas
• Acoustic neuromas
• Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Metastatic tumors

Pain

• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Hemifacial spasm

Functional Neurosurgery

• Sympathectomy (hyperhidrosis)
• Parkinson's disease
• Epilepsy
• Essential tremor
• Dystonia

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
• Arteriovenous fistulas
• Cavernous hemangiomas (cavernomas)
• Arteriovenous malformation in the spine
• Vertebral tumors
• Metastatic tumor
• Chordoma
• Osteoma
• Hemangioma
• Osteosarcoma
• Craniovertebral junction
• Atlantoaxial instability
• Basilar impression
• Chiari malformation
• Tumors
• Spinal fusion

Vascular

• Carotid artery disease
• Cerebral aneurysms
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Cavernous malformations
• Cartotid angioplasty