Neurosurgery: Expert Brain and Spine Surgery in Minnesota

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Surgical treatment for complex conditions

Neurological conditions can greatly affect how you sense, react to and move through the world around you. Allina Health’s neurosurgical team will work with you to understand your unique circumstances and find the most appropriate treatment, whether surgical or nonsurgical.

Our expert neurosurgeons have years of experience in treating a range of conditions in adults and children that includes:

aneurysms and arteriovenous malformation
brain and spine tumors
head injuries
movement disorders
- epilepsy
- essential tremor
- multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
spine diseases and conditions
- disc disease
- disc herniation/slipped disc
- neck and back pain
- spinal stenosis/spinal narrowing
- spondylolisthesis
- spine fractures
- spinal trauma and spinal cord injuries

From neurocritical care and stereotactic radiosurgery to pediatric neurosurgery and spine and complex spine procedures, our providers offer diverse services focused on improving outcomes for our patients.

Front row: Michael P. McCue, MD; Jesse Lawrence, MD; Ciro A. Vasquez, MD; Patrick O’Brien, MD. Back row: Kyle Nelson, MD; Timothy J. Kovanda, MD; Mahmoud G. Nagib, MD; Joseph R. Kapurch, MD; Kyle M. Uittenbogaard, MD.

Advanced technologies for improved outcomes

The Allina Health neurosurgery program uses innovative, minimally invasive technology and techniques for more precise localization during surgery – helping to reduce damage to healthy tissue, side effects, and length of stay and improving outcomes for patients.

Some of these are:

Focused ultrasound
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
Linear accelerator
Mazor™ robotic guidance system for spine surgery
ROSA® robotic platform for minimally invasive brain surgery

Our neurosurgery team also uses advanced technologies to more precisely diagnose conditions and help plan treatment. Some of these tools include:

3T MRI
CT scanners
Intraoperative MRI
Magnetic source imaging and magnetoencephalography
Neurointerventional biplane
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
Surgical navigation systems

Neurosurgery at Allina Health

At Allina Health Neuroscience, Spine and Pain Institute, patient care doesn’t end when the procedure does. Our neurosurgery experts are committed to caring for the whole person before, during and after neurosurgical procedures to aid patients in their recovery and help them regain optimal quality of life.

That’s why our team partners with additional Allina Health services that include Neurology, Allina Health Cancer Institute, Neurointerventional Radiology, the Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, community resource and support services, and care management.