Provider Update for Neurosciences
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As medical advances continue, death and disability caused by heart disease and cancer decreases. The burden, however, of brain, spinal cord and nerve diseases on our growing and aging population increases. As specialists in diseases affecting these structures, neurologists and neurosurgeons at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, work together to provide outstanding patient care, while researching new and more effective ways of treating these growing problems. <Read more>
Update on skull-base surgery
"Skull-base surgery" sounds exotic and obscure, but this area - along the bottom of the skull, underneath the brain and above the sinuses of the nose and the back of the throat - is the site of a wide variety of diseases. Left untreated, such diseases can cause discomfort, disability and even death. Stephen Haines, M.D., neurosurgeon, talks about his surgically challenging area to approach, and the importance of having major referral centers with outstanding multidisciplinary programs in neurology, neurosurgery and otolaryngology to treat these diseases. <Read more>
Advances in brain tumor treatment
Malignant brain tumors are some of the most difficult to treat. New innovative therapies, using a patient's immune system to fight the tumor, are being developed and use to treat patients at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. <Read more>
Comprehensive care of patients with cerebrovascular disease
When a patient presents with cerebrovascular disease, our multidisciplinary teams are ready to provide the best possible care with exceptional outcomes. Whether the patient requires the stroke service, neurocritical care service, neurointerventional service or any combination of the three, comprehensive care of our patients is our number one priority. Mustapha Ezzeddine, M.D., medical director of the cerebrovascular program at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, discusses how all of these services are organized under a single program umbrella and how their tight integration benefits patients and the providers that refer them. <Read more>
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