Pediatric Neurosurgery Overview
Pediatric Neurosurgeons use advanced technology and surgical approaches to help children with serious and complex brain and spine conditions.
Team-based Care
Pediatric neurosurgeons at work together to provide innovative, compassionate, and comprehensive care focused on the child and family. They have extensive experience in treating serious nervous system conditions that require surgical intervention.
The team utilizes advanced technologies and techniques, such as minimally invasive surgery with endoscopy, fetal surgery, intraoperative MRI, and laser interstitial thermal therapy to kill tumors.
When surgery is not the best treatment option, the team will explain why and recommend alternative therapies.
Team-based Care for the Whole Child
Pediatric Neurosurgery practice model involves a multidisciplinary approach. Neurosurgeons collaborate with specialists from various fields, such as anesthesiology, neurology, hematology/oncology, urology, and more, to provide the exact care your child needs. Nurse practitioners, therapists, patient educators, and child-life specialists are also part of the care team.
The coordinated care and genuine collaboration set apart in providing comprehensive services to children with complex neurologic conditions. Various multidisciplinary clinics and specialty groups address conditions like epilepsy, brain tumors, spina bifida, cerebrovascular diseases, and fetal surgery.
Latest Treatments and Technology
offers leading-edge technology and treatments for children with complex neurologic conditions, including:
- Surgical navigation with tractography to safely avoid critical pathways during surgery.
- Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) for real-time brain imaging during surgery for tumors, epilepsy, and movement disorders.
- Minimally invasive surgery for craniosynostosis, reducing scarring, blood loss, and hospital stay.
- Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) to treat epilepsy and brain tumors through pen-tip size holes instead of open surgery.
- Fetal surgery for spina bifida to repair defects during pregnancy.
- 3D anatomic modeling laboratories to create models of complex anatomy for surgical planning.
Innovative Research Focused on Children with Neurologic Conditions
Pediatric neurosurgery team conducts innovative research to better understand and treat brain tumors in children. They are involved in a phase II clinical trial studying the treatment of diffuse pontine glioma with convection enhanced delivery.
is also a member of the Children's Oncology Group, providing access to clinical trials with the latest treatments for childhood cancers.
Talk to your doctor to explore whether an innovative clinical trial might be suitable for your child.