Neurosurgery

A neurosurgeon is a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your nervous system, including your brain, spinal cord and nerves. Despite the “surgeon” part of the word, neurosurgeons provide both surgical and nonsurgical treatments

What is a neurosurgeon?

A neurosurgeon is a specially trained medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your nervous system — your brain, spinal cord and nerves. Neurosurgeons perform surgery on your nervous system, but they can also provide nonsurgical treatments. They typically try all nonoperative treatment methods — like medications, steroid injections and physical therapies — before recommending surgery.


Neurosurgeons can also diagnose and treat conditions that affect the structures that support your nervous system, including:

  • Your skull.
  • Spinal vertebrae.
  • Spinal disks.
  • Blood vessels.
  • Protective membranes and soft tissues.

    • Neurosurgeons also have thorough training in the tests needed to diagnose and treat neurological conditions. They’re skilled at operating and analyzing the following testing machines:

    • CT (computed tomography) scans.
    • MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans.
    • PET (positron emission tomography) scans.
    • Magnetoencephalography (MEG).
    • Electroencephalograms (EEG).

      • Types of spine surgery include:

      • Stereotactic spine radiosurgery
      • Diskectomy
      • Laminectomy
      • Spinal fusion
      • Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
      • Spine stabilization and reconstructionn

        • Specialists Doctors

        Doctor DR. RAKESH JASANI NEURO SURGEON View Details +

        DR. RAKESH JASANI

        NEURO SURGEON

        QUALIFICATION

        MBBS M.S., D.N.B

        EXPERIENCE

        7 years

        AREA OF INSTREST

        In Stereotactic Surgeries like Neuro Navigation guided Biopsy of Brain Tumor and Tumor Excision. He also has interest in Endoscopic Surgeries of the Brain.