Neurosurgery

    Our neurosurgery team primarily treats brain, spinal cord, vertebral column and peripheral nerve disorders of adults (age 16 and up).

    Diseases include:

    • Spinal disc herniation – cervical, thoracic and lumbar
    • Spinal stenosis and spondylosis
    • Spinal cord and vertebral column trauma
    • Tumors of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
    • Traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves
    • Carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy
    • Chiari malformations
    • Adult hydrocephalus
    • Head trauma (brain hemorrhages, skull fractures, etc.)
    • Brain tumors
    • Surgical management of stroke
    • Medication resistant epilepsy
    • Malformations of the nervous system
    • Vascular malformations (i.e., arteriovenous malformations, venous angiomas, cavernous angiomas, capillary telangectasias) of the brain and spinal cord
    • Assistance with elective treatment options for cerebral aneurysms
    • Baclofen pumps for spasticity
    • Vagus nerve stimulators

    Inpatient and outpatient neurosurgical procedures are available at NMMC in Tupelo. North Mississippi Surgery Center on the NMMC-Tupelo campus offers the added convenience of outpatient surgery for several neurosurgical procedures.