Neurosurgery is not only brain surgery, but it is much more!

This medical specialty is concerned with diagnosing and treating patients with injury to disorders of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves within all body parts. Depending upon the nature of the injury or disease, a neurological surgeon may provide surgical and non-surgical care.

A neurosurgeon is a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of brain, spine, and nerves disease and disorders such as congenital abnormalities, trauma, tumours, brain or spine infections, vascular disorders, stroke, or degenerative diseases of the spine. Treatment of epilepsy or seizures and modern treatments for movement disorders like Parkinson's disease is further neurosurgery specializations.

The spinal cord, brain, and nerves together make up the human nervous system. Together they control all the operations of the body. But, when something goes wrong with a part of your brain, spine, or nerves, you may have trouble speaking, moving, breathing, swallowing, or learning. You can also face issues with your senses, memory and mood.

A neurosurgeon is specifically trained and certified in surgical treatments, whereas neurologists focus on other forms of treatment. 

Major neurological problems

There are more than 600 neurological diseases, a few major types among which include:

  • Disorders caused by faulty genes, such as Huntington's disease and muscular dystrophy.
  • Difficulties with the way the nervous system develops, such as spina bifida
  • Degenerative diseases, where nerve cells die or get damaged, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
  • Disorders and conditions of the blood vessels of the brain, such as stroke
  • Damages to the spinal cord and brain
  • Seizure disorders, such as epilepsy
  • Cancer, such as brain tumours (malignant or benign)
  • Infections, such as meningitis

Are you looking for an experience-rich neurosurgeon in India?

In that case, you can visit Dr. Mukesh Pandey, an excellent brain and spine doctor who has years of rich experience in the human nervous system and is known among the top neurosurgeons in India.

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