Brain/spine surgeons: A neurosurgeon evaluates and treats persons with injuries or disorders of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves. Treatments may or may not include surgery. Some of the conditions treated by neurosurgeon are injuries of head, brain, spine, spinal cord and nerves. Also brain tumors, brain aneurysms, spine tumors, ruptured spinal discs, degenerative spinal conditions, and many more.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Brain and Spine surg: A neurosurgeon is a specialist in the evaluation and treatment of disorders of the nervous system. This includes brain, spine, and peripheral nerve problems. The most common surgeries done are for back/neck problems, head injuries, brain tumors, aneurysms, and strokes. Training for neurosurgery is usually 6-8 years of residency training after medical school. There is frequently fellowship training.
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