Fall 2011

Welcome to the current issue of Neurosurgery Notes, the practice newsletter for Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates. To find out more about the practice or to subscribe to our newsletter, click the links to the left. To read the articles in this issue, click below.

In This Issue:

Practice Neurosurgeon Is The First In NC To Use
Flow-Diverting Technology To Treat Aneurysms
Breakthrough Procedure Gives Hope To Patients With Large Aneurysms

Practice neurosurgeon Joe Bernard, Jr., MD, of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, was the first surgeon in North Carolina and one of the first surgeons in the country to implant the recently FDA-approved Pipeline Embolization Device (PED). The PED is the first device of its kind, using flow-diverting technology to treat unruptured large and giant aneurysms through the blood vessel. Full story



Lifesaving Procedure For Treating Cervical Spinal Infection Developed By Practice Neurosurgeon
Case Featured In Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

There is a new, minimally invasive option for treating cervical spine infections, developed by Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates neurosurgeon Vinay Deshmukh, MD, FACS, as described in the August 2010 issue of Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. This approach is much less invasive and requires no hardware or spinal fusion. Full story


Preventing Paralysis And Death By
Striking Quickly Against A Spinal Infection

Spinal infections are challenging to diagnose because back pain is usually the only initial symptom. When other symptoms do emerge, such as limb weakness, fever, and heart arrhythmia, their onset is very rapid. The following case study is a prime example of how quickly a spinal infection can become critical and demonstrates the need for decisive action when it comes to spinal infections. Full story


We Have Two New Additions To Our Concord Operation
Introducing Wilson Daugherty, MD, PhD and Akash Agarwal, MD

We are proud to welcome two new neurosurgeons to our Concord office. Wilson Daugherty, MD, PhD, and Akash Agarwal, MD, join the physicians and staff of our Concord location in providing advanced neurosurgical care to this region. Full story
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