Neurosurgical Disorders in Children
- Pediatric brain tumors, seizures, and inborn abnormalities of the spine, face and head can be challenging & the causes can be any of the following cases:
Arachnoid cysts, Brachial plexus injury, Brain tumors, Cerebral palsy, including selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity, Chiari malformation, Congenital malformations of the brain and spine, Craniofacial syndromes, Craniosynostosis, Epilepsy surgery, Hydrocephalus, Neural tube disorders (spina bifida, syringomyelia, tethered cord, etc.), Skeletal dysplasia, Spinal cord tumors, Traumatic brain and spinal injuries, Vascular abnormalities, including moyamoya and pediatric aneurysm.
- Accordingly any of these treatments can be prescribed and operated to help cure patient
- Treatments include observation, medication to manage symptoms (such as headaches), surgery to remove the improperly connected arteries and veins, targeted radiation when appropriate and embolization.
- Treatments and follow-up programs are developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts in collaboration with the patient and his or her family.
- Spinal fusion, one potential treatment for Down syndrome, can help provide stability to the bones in a patient’s neck.
- Treatments for nerve injury may consist of the removal of scar tissue from the nerve or the surgical repair of the damaged nerve.