The
Neurosurgery Center at Singing River Hospital provides patient care
services for a broad range of neurological disease and disorders for
Jackson county and the surrounding communities.
What is Neurosurgery?
The medical discipline that provides
the operative and non-operative
management (i.e. prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment,
critical care, and rehabilitation) of disorders that affect the
central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their
supportive structures and vascular supply, and the operative and
non-operative management of pain. As such, neurological surgery
encompasses disorders of the brain, meninges, skull and their blood
supply including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries;
disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord,
meninges, and spine, including those which may require treatment by
spinal fusion or instrumentation; disorders of the cranial and
spinal nerve throughout their distributions; and disorders of the
autonomic nervous system.
management (i.e. prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment,
critical care, and rehabilitation) of disorders that affect the
central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their
supportive structures and vascular supply, and the operative and
non-operative management of pain. As such, neurological surgery
encompasses disorders of the brain, meninges, skull and their blood
supply including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries;
disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord,
meninges, and spine, including those which may require treatment by
spinal fusion or instrumentation; disorders of the cranial and
spinal nerve throughout their distributions; and disorders of the
autonomic nervous system.