Wichita, Kansas is home to 16 practicing neurosurgeons who have offices in 2 counties and 7 zip codes, including zip codes 67226, 67206, 67208, 67218, 67214, 67205, and 67203.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Wichita has a population of 354,865, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 neurosurgeon for every 22,179 residents.

Kansas was admitted to the United States in 1861. Topeka is its capital city, and the population of Kansas is 2,744,687. Topeka offers sports and recreation, arts and cultural entertainment, and casinos to residents and visitors. Lucas claims to be the Folk Art center of the United States. Visit the Pony Express National Historic Trail, tour historic Fort Leavenworth, or see the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchinson. Kansas is also home to the John Brown Museum, which was a stop on the Underground Railroad in the mid-1800s.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Kansas has a population of 2,744,687. Of this population, 652,270 are under the age of 18 and 354,995 are at or above the age of 65.

Description

Neurosurgery is surgery of the nervous system. A neurological surgeon, or neurosurgeon, is a specialist who is trained in surgery of the nervous system, and can perform surgery on the brain, spinal cord, or other parts of the nervous system. This specialist is sometimes called a brain surgeon. The neurosurgeon also works with patients to diagnose, evaluate, and treat diseases or disorders of the nervous system, and aids in critical care of patients before, during and after surgery.

Diseases / Illnesses Treated

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, spinal injury, herniated disc, brain tumors, stroke, spinal cord tumors, scoliosis, epilepsy, spinal infection, spinal discectomy, spinal deformity, brain tumor, coma, seizure, alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, and parkinson's disease.

Procedures Performed

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including disc disease / surgery, back / spine surgery , invasive disc surgery, kyphosis surgery, laminectomy, deep brain stimulation, endoscopic surgery, craniotomy, stereotactic radiosurgery, microsurgery, endoscopic management, cordotomy, transphenoidal surgery, and radiation implants.

Tests Performed

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including  mri scan of the brain, mri scan of the spine, cat scan of the brain, ct scan of the brain, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), computed axial tomography (ct or cat scan), myelogram, spinal tap, lumbar puncture (lp), electromyography (emg), cerebral angiogram, electroencephalography, electronystagmography (eng), nerve conduction velocity (ncv), spinal puncture, positron emission tomography (pet scan), myelography, ocular pressures, evoked potentials studies, and myogram.