Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric neurosurgery is the neurosurgical procedures in infants and children. Neurological problems such as hydrocephalus, congenital malformations of the skull, brain and spine (e.g., myelodysplasia), pediatric neuro-oncology, brain and spinal cord tumors, brain and spinal cord trauma, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries, congenital and developmental spine abnormalities are the causes that make need of pediatric neurosurgery.

Neurosurgery for any age is very complex procedure and it becomes more critical when it is performed in children. General Indotracheal and intravenous anesthesia is used to perform the surgery. Because the surgical procedure is more complex, so a very tiny opening is made, maybe an inch or one and a half inch that makes it less life threatening. It also makes it possible for a child to recover more speedily and to go home sooner. Usually children are able to go home very soon after the surgery.Some pain medications are used while the surgical location heals. Children or adolescents are encouraged to assume their regular daily activities, like school, social events and play after a few weeks.It is advised that keep continue post-operative follow-up visits with the child's neurosurgeon for best result. It does not only offer you to achieve best neurological function but it also lessen the probability of tumor recurrence and side-effects from chemo-radiation therapy.