Functional neurosurgery is a specialty within neurosurgery that focuses on the surgical treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremors, dystonia, epilepsy, and spasticity. Some surgeries are both “functional” and “stereotactic”, like deep brain stimulation, which is currently the surgery of choice in the treatment of movement disorders.

Robotic surgery is the most advanced spinal surgery technology, allowing unprecedented minimally invasive surgical accuracy with smaller incisions, less scarring and less blood loss, resulting in decreased pain and discomfort and faster recovery after surgery.

Movement disorders are neurodegenerative conditions that affect physical motion and function. Disorders like Parkinson’s disease are progressive; they grow more serious over time.

There are different eligibility standards between a primary stroke center and a comprehensive stroke center. A comprehensive stroke center’s eligibility standards require the following: ability to care for all types of stroke patients, (blood vessel blockage) including bleeding (or hemorrhagic) stroke, such as those causes by brain aneurysms; 24/7 access to minimally invasive catheter procedures to treat strokes; dedicated neuroscience intensive care unit for unit stroke patients; on-site neurosurgical availability 24/7 with the ability to perform complex neurovascular procedures; and receives patients from Primary Stroke Centers.

Tulane Doctors Neurosciences provides comprehensive subspecialty care, and each physician is fellowship trained and able to accommodate the most complex medical cases.