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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.

Neurosurgeons may treat any of the following conditions...

• Bell's palsy
• Brain Injury
• Brain Tumor
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Hydrocephalus
• Injury
• Meningitis
• Parkinson's disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal Cord Tumors

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Back / Spine Surgery , Disc Disease / Surgery, Invasive Disc Surgery, Kyphosis Surgery, craniotomy, Deep Brain Stimulation, endoscopic surgery, Laminectomy, microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, Cordotomy, Endoscopic management, radiation implants, and transphenoidal surgery.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, neurosurgeons will often perform one of many tests including CAT Scan of the Brain, CT Scan of the Brain, MRI Scan of the Brain, MRI Scan of the Spine, Computed Axial Tomography (CT or CAT Scan), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Electromyography (EMG), Lumbar Puncture (LP), Myelogram, Spinal Tap, Cerebral Angiogram, Electroencephalography, Electronystagmography (ENG), Myelography, Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan), Spinal Puncture, Brain Wave Test, Carotid Artery Duplex Scan, Cerebral Arteriogram, CSF Collection, Electrooculography, Evoked Potentials Studies, Myogram, Ocular Pressures, and Oculoplethysmography (OPG).