Vascular surgery for the treatment of arteriovenous malformations
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations are a set of arteries and veins that have an abnormal development pattern, occurring in any part of the brain and adjacent structures....
Chiari malformation, causes, symptoms and treatments
Arnold Chiari malformation, also known as a tonsillar hernia or tonsillar ectopy, is an abnormality in which the cerebellar tissue extends into the spinal canal, due to the skull being particularly small or misshapen......
Diseases treated by neurosurgeons
Neurological disorders are diseases that affect the brain, spinal cord, cranial and peripheral nerves, nerve roots, autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular plate, and muscles......
Strong pain in the face? Trigeminal neuralgia may be the cause
A pain in the face can be explained by various causes, such as a blow, infections caused by sinusitis, a dental abscess and dysfunctions in the temporomandibular joint......
Intracranial aneurysms
The aneurysm is a bulge that forms when a section of the wall of a vein or artery weakens. When the dilation occurs in a blood vessel in the brain, it is called a cerebral or intracranial aneurysm......
Chronic subdural hematoma
The examination of a patient, following a head blow is very important to determine the presence of a subdural hematoma, even minor trauma in patients older than 50 years old may present as a chronic subdural hematoma......
What is a cerebral cavernoma? Definition, complications and treatment
Cerebral cavernomas are blood vessel malformations, which often causes problems in the brain and spinal cord......
What is a stroke and what are its symptoms?
A cerebral infarction is the death of a part of the brain mass, caused by an obstruction of the blood vessels, which prevents the arrival of blood to an area of the brain......
Spinal surgery and low back pain specialist
Statistics reveal that around 80% of people have suffered back pain, without marking major differences between young or adult people......
How to act when in presence of a patient with seizures
Seizures, as defined by the World Health Organization “as brief episodes of involuntary movement that may involve a part of the body (partial) or the entire body....