Greater Orlando Neurosurgery & Spine encourages and often requires patients to learn about their disease process.  Medical decision-making is a responsibility shared by the patient, and, gaining knowledge about your condition is one of the first steps towards making decisions for successful treatment.  It is important to understand your goals of treatment and to communicate them openly.  With your neurosurgeon, you then can develop realistic expectations and enter into an important mutual commitment of surgical treatment and rehabilitation therapy.

CRANIAL
This category includes conditions of the brain and its coverings such as tumors, hydrocephalus, Parkinson's Disease, Chiari Malformations

SKULL BASE
This category includes pituitary and optic chiasm abnormalities, acoustic neuromas, vestibular schwannomas, craniopharyngiomas, pineal body tumors and others lesions of the midbrain or brain stem

CEREBROVASCULAR

Paraophthalmic or Basilar Artery Aneurysm
This category includes all types of aneurysms, carotid artery disease, including glomus body tumors; AVMs (arteriovenous malformations) as well as all other vascular malformations.

SPINE & SPINAL CORD
This category includes conditions of the spine such as herniated or degenerative disc disease of the cervical (neck), thoracic (upper back) or lumbar (lower back) spine, stenosis (narrowing) of the spinal canal, spondylolethesis, fractures or dislocations and mechanical back pain.

GLOSSARY OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
These are a sampling of neurosurgical procedures performed on a regular basis.  If your condition is not listed, please feel free to call for more information, or to schedule an appointment.