Neurosurgery
Nationally recognized neurosurgeons at the Penn
Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital
offer comprehensive surgical treatments for disorders
of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous
system. Patients receive the latest surgical care
for stroke, aneurysms, tumors, blood clots, herniated
disks in the neck and back, and tumors situated
in the pituitary gland and at the base of the
skull.
Pennsylvania Hospital is the area's only hospital
to perform endoscopic pituitary tumor removal
and is one of the few to perform deep brain stimulation
for tremor due to Parkinson's
disease and movement disorders. The hospital
has the most experience in the region with pallidotomy,
a surgical treatment that helps relieve rigidity,
improve mobility and eliminate involuntary movements
in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Inpatients are cared for in the Elliot Neurological
Center of Pennsylvania Hospital, an area occupied
by both neurologic and neurosurgical patients,
as well as a Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
Patients benefit from the latest clinical research,
which includes the use of non-invasive screening
methods to detect aneurysms before they burst
as well as the development of minimally invasive
surgical techniques for brain surgery.
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