Brain & Spine Care in Dallas
Conditions affecting the brain and spine can change your life in profound ways. Our team of specialists and nurses is here to provide you with quality care in a compassionate environment. That’s community and why so many people Trust Methodist.
Why Choose Methodist Dallas for Brain and Spine Care
At the Methodist Brain & Spine Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, you’ll receive care and support from a team of neurological specialists. We diagnose and treat conditions affecting the spine, brain, and nervous system. Highlights of our program include:
- Surgical expertise: As leaders in brain and spine surgery, many surgeons at Methodist Dallas are nationally recognized for their expertise. We use our deep knowledge, training, and experience to benefit our patients.
- Extensive experience: We are a high-volume center, performing more than 1,200 neurosurgical procedures every year. Our team customizes each procedure based on your individual health, lifestyle, and goals.
- Team approach: When you come to us, you’ll have an entire team devoted to your wellness. Specialists from several fields work together to provide you with comprehensive care and support to help you heal.
- Advanced levels of care: At our Level I Trauma Center and Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, experienced neurosurgeons deliver your care. We are also a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence. This distinction reflects our ability to deliver innovative, targeted treatments for brain and spine tumors.
- Highly rated patient satisfaction: In most cases, we’re able to see patients within one week. Our patient satisfaction scores are regularly higher than 92%, and we work to deliver the best surgical outcomes possible.
Brain and Spine Conditions We Treat
Our team has experience treating a wide range of disorders, injuries, and diseases affecting the brain, spine, and nervous system. We specialize in:
- Back pain and neck pain
- Brain aneurysm
- Brain tumors and spinal tumors
- Cerebrovascular diseases (which affect blood flow to the brain) and stroke
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Peripheral nerve disorders and carpel tunnel syndrome
- Scoliosis and other spinal abnormalities
- Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal column), spine fracture, spinal cord injury, and sciatica
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Other neurological disorders such as concussions, headaches, movement disorders, hydrocephalus, and neuromuscular disorders
Advanced Diagnostic Capabilities
At Methodist Dallas, we use advanced technology and imaging studies to help diagnose brain and spine conditions. These tools enable us to develop a strong treatment plan.
Radiology specialists use the EOS imaging system, which produces full-body, 3D X-ray images. EOS images also use a low dose of radiation. This tool helps our team of specialists to plan treatments for even the most complex conditions, such as severe scoliosis.
We also use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help detect strokes that result from blood clots and aneurysms (bulging blood vessels that can burst). This technology enables us to diagnose and evaluate stroke so we can deliver timely treatments.
Brain and Spine Treatments We Offer
As leaders in neurosurgery and advanced spine care, we offer treatments that aren’t widely available elsewhere. These include minimally, or noninvasive options and innovative techniques using sophisticated technology.
We use the StealthStation™ S8 surgical navigation system for neurosurgery
procedures that treat herniated discs, osteoporosis, scoliosis, arthritis
of the spine, and other conditions. This software integrates imaging technology,
navigational tools, and real-time data. It allows us to plan and perform
neurosurgery procedures more precisely than ever before. A higher level
of precision can translate to better surgical outcomes for our patients.
Our team also specializes in a variety of surgical procedures on the spine.
Some of the most common spine procedures we perform include:
- Disc reconstruction and replacement, procedures to repair a damaged or herniated disc or replace it with an artificial disc
- Endoscopic spinal surgery, a minimally invasive technique allowing the surgeon to repair or remove a disc using tiny tools inserted through a small incision
- Laminectomy, laminoplasty, and laminotomy, which are spinal decompression surgeries that relieve pressure on the spinal cord
- Spinal fracture repair and spinal reconstructive surgery
- Spinal cord stimulation, a treatment for chronic pain where an implanted device stimulates the spinal nerves to block pain signals from reaching the brain
- Spinal fusion, a procedure that fuses two (or more) vertebrae together
- Spinal tumor removal
Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence
The Methodist Brain & Spine Institute is a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence. We earned this designation from the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). This distinction indicates that we have the qualifications and expertise to deliver advanced treatments for tumors on the brain and the spine.
Radiopharmaceutical therapy is a targeted treatment that uses radiation to destroy tumors. Localized radiation delivery is very precise and enables us to attack cancer cells while sparing healthy surrounding tissue.
Multispecialty team, dedicated to you
Our team of skilled neurosurgeons, interventional neuroradiologists, neurologists, back specialists, and nurses collaborates to provide you with comprehensive support. We work closely with radiology, pain management, and neuro-oncology to coordinate your care. Specially trained intensivists care for patients in our dedicated 32-bed neuroscience intensive care unit.
To help you heal following surgery or after an injury, our team works together so you have what you need to recover. Your team may include physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs), and other rehabilitation specialists. We’ll be by your side throughout your rehabilitation journey.
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