What You Need to Know Pediatric Neurosurgery

Typically, patients are referred to us by their primary care physician. Since few people understand the nature of pediatric neurosurgery, the process can become overwhelming.Since it helps to have some basic information, we will do our best to answer your questions when you visit us for a consultation.

What You Need to Know

Neurosurgery treats diseases and disorders of the brain and the nervous system, often involving serious symptoms that call for complex surgical treatments. As a parent, we understand that nothing is scarier than realizing that your child has a need for pediatric neurosurgery. It is for this reason that we have some of the most comprehensive consultations to help you understand everything that is going on with your child.

We will also explain the processes we will use to treat the condition. After our treatment, your child will be able to have a symptom free, healthy, and full life. Our commitment is to provide patients with the most advanced clinical care possible. We also have a great deal of compassion and understanding about how traumatic the entire process can be for parents. Pediatric neurosurgery, in a sense, is far more comprehensive than just the surgery itself. It involves dealing with concerned parents who are fearful of surgery in general and are looking out for the child’s safety.

We have one of the highest rated programs of this kind, because of our extraordinary productivity, the exemplary scientific investigations that we conduct and the exceptional patient results. Every aspect goes through careful consideration and your child is in the most committed hands possible.

When a parent finds that a child has a need for pediatric neurosurgery, the parent will also find that evaluation and treatment are provided by a board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon who is extremely specialized both in the evaluation and in the treatment of children.

Treating a Range of Conditions

It is critical to understand that pediatric neurosurgery covers a range of conditions, such as dealing with brain tumors, movement disorders, epilepsy, craniosynostosis, spinal injuries, spina bifida, and head injuries. Due to the wide-ranging conditions that we can treat, providing the support structure around the surgery itself is just as important. As a result, parents have access to a full range of highly qualified healthcare professionals. This includes physicians, an anesthesiologist, nurses, imaging professionals, surgeons, psychologists, and social workers.

The ultimate goal is to make sure that we deliver the most effective, integrated, communicative, and personalized care for every child. We understand the concern of parents bringing their child in for pediatric neurosurgery and, as such, have sought to structure the entire process in a way that you will be as comfortable as possible throughout the process.

Brain tumors are the third most common condition that is treated using pediatric neurosurgery. Essentially a brain tumor is a tumor or a mass caused by an abnormal uncontrolled growth of cells in the brain. Tumors in the brain can be categorized in several different ways according to a number of conditions and specifications that they must meet. These specifications include the location, the type of cells involved, and how quickly they are growing. Typically a tumor in the brain will be designated as a low-grade or high-grade; malignant or benign; primary or secondary; depending on the conditions described earlier.

While brain tumors are extremely complicated, many patients experience success with pediatric neurosurgery as a treatment for children with brain tumors. Stereotactic devices are sometimes used, which help to target the tumor by providing 3D images of the brain during the surgical process. Vast advances in technology, and scientific advancements have helped make it so that pediatric neurosurgery is one of the most effective tools against brain tumors today.

Feel free to call and schedule a consultation to discuss any concerns you have about your child’s health or a recent referral.