NASA Neuroscience And Spine Associates, P. L

At Neuroscience And Spine Associates, P.L., our primary focus is patient care. Once we have concluded a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s condition, we can plan a rehabilitative or therapeutic regimen. In some cases, this plan includes neurosurgery.

Our professional staff includes board certified experienced neurosurgeons for those cases where surgery is the only approach to resolve the patients symptoms. The range of expertise within our practice enables Neuroscience and Spine Associates to provide the post comprehensive care, working with patients and their caregivers from diagnosis to treatment and ultimately to recovery.

Our neurosurgeons have expertise in all forms of spinal and cranial surgery as well as peripheral nerve procedures. They specialize in a wide range of treatments for brain tumors as well as spinal instrumentation.

What is Spinal Instrumentation and Spinal Fusion?

Spinal instrumentation utilizes surgical procedures to implant titanium, titanium-allow stainless steel, or non metallic devices into the spine. Instrumentation provides a permanent solution to spinal instability. Medical implants are specially designed and come in many shapes and sizes. Typically these include rods, hooks, braided cable, plates, screws and interbody cages. Cages are simply structures that support bones (either between bones in place of them) while new bone growth occurs through and around them.

Spinal fusion is a process using bone graft to cause two opposing bony surfaces to grow together. In medical terminology, this is called arthrodesis. Bone graft can be taken from the patient (termed autologous bone) during the primary surgical procedure or harvested from other individuals (termed allograft bone). Another option for some patients is bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). BMP stimulates the body to make bone.