Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates serves a regional referral base for childhood neurosurgical problems. Our physicians employ advanced technologies to treat a variety of pediatric disorders including hydrocephalus, spasticity, brain tumors and congenital malformations of the brain and spinal cord. More than 400 major pediatric neurosurgical cases are performed each year by our surgeons.

Our practice offers advanced management and intervention options for children with neurosurgical issues which include but are not limited to hydrocephalus, myelodysplasia, spasticity, seizure disorders, brain tumors, head injury, cranial asymmetry, craniosynostosis, and emergent pediatric neurosurgery intervention. Special pediatric capabilities of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates include:

- Ventricular shunt placement for hydrocephalus
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus
- Cyst shunt placement
- Endoscopic cyst fenestrations
- Ventricular or lumbar shunt placement for pseudo tumor
- Chiari malformation evaluation and treatment
- Myelodysplasia management
- Myelodysplasia closure
- Detethering procedure for tethered spinal cord
- Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity
- Intrathecal Baclofen pump placement and management for spasticity
- Vagal nerve stimulator for seizure management
- Temporal lobectomy for seizures
- Corpus callostomy for seizure disorder
- Hemispherectomy for seizure disorder
- Cranial reconstruction for craniosynostosis
- Orbital advancement
- Endoscopic procedures
- Assessment for consideration for cranial banding for asymmetrical head shapes
- Craniotomy for tumor excision
- Stereotactic procedure for tumor excision
- Brain tumor evaluation and treatment
- Traumatic brain injury treatment/follow-up







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