Surgery and recovery care
Neurosurgeons at Ascension Borgess Hospital Neurosurgery of Kalamazoo at Borgess at West Main in Kalamazoo, Michigan, have the expertise to diagnose and surgically treat brain and spine conditions. Our goal is to find the cause of your symptoms and deliver a treatment plan that helps relieve pain, increase movement and improve your quality of life. Our experienced neurosurgeons specialize in minimally invasive surgical techniques. And our team of surgeons is specially trained in surgical treatment of even the most complex neurological disorders of the brain, neck, spine and peripheral nerves. We work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
When you choose Ascension Borgess Hospital Neurosurgery of Kalamazoo at Borgess at West Main for your care, your surgeon starts by understanding your back and neck pain symptoms and using the latest in diagnostics. Spine surgery may be the right option if you have chronic back or neck pain that hasn’t gotten better with other treatment, such as injections, medication or non-invasive therapy. We provide nonsurgical and surgical treatments for conditions affecting the cervical spine (neck), middle back (thoracic spine) and low back (lumbar spine), including: compression spine fractures, herniated disc, nerve compression (sciatica), spinal stenosis, spine fracture, and spinal cord injury.
If surgery is recommended, we use minimally invasive surgical techniques when possible. These procedures use small incisions, and they may lead to less pain and a shorter recovery. We have expertise in:
- Cervical fusion
- Cervical and lumbar disc replacement surgery
- Decompressive lumbar laminectomy Lumbar microdiscectomy
- Mid- and low-back spinal compression fracture surgery (lumbar fusion, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty)
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Spinal nerve decompression
- Spinal tap to help detect central nervous system conditions
Neurosurgery for neurological disorders and brain tumors
Our neurosurgeons specialize in cervical spine care and cerebrovascular conditions affecting your neck and brain. We use imaging and functional neurological tests to detect the cause of your symptoms, such as pain or numbness and monitor electrical activity in the brain. Neurosurgical procedures we offer include:
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) surgery to protect against AVM rupture
- Carotid endarterectomy to remove plaque from the carotid arteries and lower your stroke risk
- Decompression surgery to correct a Chiari malformation
- Deep brain stimulation to manage Parkinson’s symptoms
- Epilepsy surgery to reduce the frequency or intensity of a seizure
- Hemorrhagic stroke procedure to help prevent repeat stroke
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
- Nerve decompression surgery to relieve migraine pain
