Facial pain may seem like a minor inconvenience, but in some cases, this symptom can be linked to more serious conditions that require specialized att...
What are the best treatments for cervical and lumbar pain?
Cervical and lumbar pain affects millions of people, limiting their quality of life and mobility. Fortunately, there are effective treatments to allev...
How is the intraventricular endoscopy procedure performed and what are its benefits?
Intraventricular endoscopy is an advanced neurosurgical procedure that has revolutionized the treatment of various brain conditions, especially tumors...
How is pituitary surgery performed and in what cases is it applied?
The pituitary gland, also known as the hypophysis, is a crucial structure in the endocrine system located at the base of the brain, just behind the no...
What is transnasal endoscopic surgery?
Medicine has advanced enormously in recent decades, leading to increasingly precise and less invasive surgical techniques to treat a variety of medica...
Treatment for hydrocephalus in children and older adults
One of the reasons I studied medicine is because I wanted to support individuals and families who were going through difficult circumstances but who, ...
Stroke Prevention
A person who has suffered a stroke may be seriously disabled because he or she will have difficulty speaking, will not be able to concentrate, will ha...
What is an astrocytoma and how to treat it?
One of the most difficult things about being a doctor is when I have to give some news that causes concern in patients due to the diagnosis of brain t...
Symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus in older adults
Normally when we talk about hydrocephalus, we think of the accumulation of fluid within the deep cavities of the brain, exerting pressure, and we imag...
When to see a neurosurgeon?
Neurological diseases are conditions that modify the functions of the normal central nervous system (made up of the brain, spinal cord), peripheral, a...