Welcome to the Neurosurgery OR service line.
We are located on the 3rd floor of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center adult hospital. The environment on our unit is fast-paced, focused on teamwork, and flexible to accommodate all our patients' needs.
We care for adult patients who require treatment for diseases or injuries involving the brain, the neurovascular system, the spine, and the peripheral nervous system. We also focus on Deep Brain Stimulation for patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
One of the perks of working on this team is the variety of our patients' needs. The Neurosurgery Team functions at the highest levels of performance and efficiency. Our focus is safety and advocacy for the patients and family members trusting us with their care. Our team is collaborative and effective in a highly technical environment. We aim to provide safe, high-quality patient care for our patients.
Our nurses are successful because they prioritize patient safety and believe in multi-disciplinary, collaborative teamwork.
We orient new nurses to our unit by providing an extensive, specialized orientation period. The length of orientation is dependent upon the learning style and speed of the orientee.
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Tumor Neurosurgery:
- benign, malignant, or metastatic tumors of the brain
- benign or malignant tumors of the spine or spinal cord
- pituitary surgery
- skull base surgery
Spine Neurosurgery:
- tumors of the spine or spinal cord
- comprehensive spinal surgery
- surgery for spinal cord injury
Functional Neurosurgery:
- deep brain stimulation (DBS)
- vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)
- responsiveness neurostimulation (RNS)
- surgical resection
- MRI guided laser ablation
- microvascular decompression
- radiofrequency or balloon compression rhizotomy
- spinal cord stimulation
- cingulotomy
- intrathecal baclofen pump
Vascular Neurosurgery:
- stroke
- amyloid angiopathy
- CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy)
- carotid artery stenosis
- central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis
- central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO)
- cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)
- chronic carotid artery occlusion
- intracerebral hemorrhages
- intracranial stenosis/intracranial atherosclerotic disease
- transient ischemic attack (TIA)
