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Neurological Care

The science associated with neurological surgery has made impressive gains in recent years. With its state-of-the-art operating suites, specialized neurological nursing care and advanced Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Adventist Hinsdale Hospital has kept pace and sets a standard for excellence in neurological services.

Procedures handled regularly by skilled neurosurgeons include acoustic tumors, meningiomas, pituitary tumors, malignant primary and metastatic tumors, skull-base lesions and all spinal cord tumors.

Neurosurgeons are also a vital part of the Emergency Service team. Procedures handled most often include care of head or spinal cord injuries, surgery on individuals with hemorrhage in the brain, stroke diagnosis and treatment, and diagnosis and treatment of infectious disorders.

Today's patients routinely benefit from high-tech capabilities including:
» The stereotactic and functional neurosurgery program uses computer-assisted navigational techniques to treat selected neurological diseases. Stereotactic biopsy precisely locates lesions and frameless stereotaxy can locate the lesion in three-dimensions to facilitate volumetric resection of the lesion, which results in a safer, more complete removal and greater patient outcome.
» Brachytherapy consists of stereotactic placement of small radioactive pellets into brain tumors to deliver localized radiation to the tumor, while sparing the surrounding functional brain.
» The stereotactic frame for stereotactic craniotomies and precise biopsies of the brain when tumors or infection are suspected.
» Laser and ultrasonic surgical aspirator for tumor removal.
» Neurophysiological monitoring, including facial nerve, vision, hearing and spinal cord surveillance allows neurosurgeons to offer a safe and successful means of removing formerly inoperable brain tumors through skull base surgery. Difficult areas of access are reached in complex paths through the nose, the ear, the face, (including the orbit of the eye) and the mouth by removing parts of the bone around these structures to treat benign and malignant tumors, pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas and complex aneurysms.