WHAT DO WE DO – IB Neurocirugia

Neurosurgeons are specialists in surgery of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system (the nerves that run through our body), as well as its covers (the skull and spinal column) and its appendages (such as the pituitary gland).

Our patients span all ages of life, from newborns to the very old. Our objective and dedication is mainly oriented to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that can be improved or cured with surgical intervention. Medical treatment (pharmacological, for example) is usually entrusted to our fellow neurologists, with whom we collaborate, as well as other medical and surgical specialties (ENT, maxillofacial, plastic, vascular, and thoracic surgeons, etc.) in a joint approach to the cases that affect common areas.

The main areas of our work are broken down below, with the most common diseases that we treat and information about them:

Our Neurosurgery services

Neurotraumatology

It refers to diseases caused by trauma to the skull and brain.

Spinal pathology

Due to its great impact, it is one of our main areas of work. We deal with all the regions that make up the spine.

Tumors

It is also one of our most common fields of work, where we have to remove and diagnose lesions that occur in the nervous system itself.

Vascular pathology

We frequently have to evacuate cerebral hemorrhages or treat the injuries that have produced them (aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, etc.).

Hydrocephalus and other cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) disorders

Poor circulation or absorption of the CSF that bathes our brain and spinal cord.

Infectious pathology

Sometimes we are required to surgically treat infections, such as abscesses or empyemas that frequently come from other areas of the body.

Congenital malformations

That can be corrected surgically. The most frequent concern the morphology of the skull.

Peripheral nervous system pathology

In addition to repairing nerve trauma, it is common for us to have to intervene in entrapment syndromes.

Functional neurosurgery

In this area, neurosurgeons try to modulate the abnormal responses of the nervous system that cause various disorders, such as epilepsy, abnormal movements.