What we treat
Aurora provides diagnosis and treatment for most major neurological conditions.
Acoustic neuroma |
Arteriovenous malformation |
Balance disorders |
Brain tumor |
Carotid stenosis | Carpal tunnel
syndrome |
Cerebral aneurysm | Disk herniation |
Epilepsy | Hydrocephalus
| Lumbar stenosis |
MS |
Parkinson's disease | Peripheral
nerve disorders | Spinal fractures |
Spinal tumors | Stroke
| Subarachnoid
hemorrhage | Trigeminal neuralgia
| Ulnar nerve entrapment
An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor of the 8th cranial nerve, the
acoustic nerve, which is involved with the sense of hearing and with
control of balance.
AVM is a condition involving a tangle of abnormally connecting arteries and veins.
AVM is usually present at birth or shortly thereafter.
Common disorders include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), labyrinthitis and Meniere's disease.
These include tumors of the brain itself and metastatic tumors, or tumors that originate elsewhere in the body and travel through the bloodstream to the brain.
Carotid stenosis is narrowing of the carotid arteries, which run up each side of the neck and provide blood to the brain.
It can result in a stroke or can cut off blood flow to parts of the brain.
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a disorder of the hand and wrist in
which a nerve becomes compressed and irritated, resulting in pain,
tingling and numbness.
A cerebral or intracranial aneurysm is a dilation or ballooning of an arterial blood vessel in the brain. If an intracranial aneurysm ruptures, it results in a subarachnoid
hemorrhage, a type of stroke.
Epileptic seizures can cause changes in behavior, level of consciousness, sensory perception and motor activity.
Ruptured or slipped discs occur when the cartilage shock absorber
between the bones of the spine displaces into the spinal canal, causing
compression of a spinal nerve.
Hydrocephalus is caused by accumulation of fluid in the brain. Once known as "water on the brain,"
it causes potentially harmful pressure on the tissues of the brain.
Lumbar spine stenosis is a narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal, causing pain in the back and lower extremities, weakness or numbness in the legs, and in severe cases, bowel or bladder disturbances.
MS damages the protective covering (myelin) of the nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord, leaving multiple areas of lesions that interfere with the conduction of nerve impulses throughout the body.
This slowly progressive neurological
condition results in deterioration of nerve cells in the part
of the brain that controls muscle movement.
Peripheral nerves are located outside the brain and spinal cord. Disorders, or peripheral neuropathy, typically occur from damage from
injury or illnesses, such as diabetes, lupus or AIDS, or from diseases of the nerves themselves.
Most fractures of the spine are caused by osteoporosis. In osteoporotic
fracture, vertebrae within the fragile spinal structure collapse or
compress, causing "dowagers" hump and shortened height, along with chronic
and severe pain, reduced mobility and function, and loss of independence.
A spinal tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the spinal cord,
spinal canal or between the membranes covering the spinal cord.
A stroke, or brain attack, occurs when blood flow to the brain is
disrupted. When this occurs, the brain cells are deprived of oxygen and
they do not function properly.
Trigeminal neuralgia (also known as Tic doloroux) is a condition of
excruciating facial pain.
When you hit your "funny bone," you actually bump the ulnar nerve. If the nerve becomes inflamed from a more severe injury, it can become trapped between bones and other tissues in the cubital tunnel at the inside of the elbow.
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