Functional Neurosurgery
What is functional neurosurgery?
Functional neurosurgery is a subspecialty of neurosurgery aimed at improving quality of life, typically from chronic neurological conditions. Procedures are precise, minimally invasive, and target some of the deepest areas of the brain to treat diseases ranging from chronic pain to movement disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease.
However, it can be confusing to understand what functional neurosurgery entails. Here, we will dive deeper into the field to provide insight into whether a consultation with this kind of subspecialist is right for you or your loved one.
Functional neurosurgery is devoted to treating patients with chronic neurological disorders that disrupt a patient’s quality of life. Our functional neurosurgery team treats patients with a wide variety of diagnoses:
- Movement disorders such as essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia
- Chronic pain such as chronic back pain, complex regional pain syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia, trigeminal neuropathic pain, diabetic neuropathy, cancer-associated pain
- Spasticity disorders such as cerebral palsy, spinal cord or nerve injury
- Psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and treatment-resistant depression
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