Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Selective dorsal rhizotomy is used as a surgical treatment for cerebral palsy and spasticity. It involves decreasing high muscle tone in the legs by cutting nerve fibers in the lower spinal cord.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Decompression Surgery for Syringomyelia
The best surgery for syringomyelia will fix the cause of the cavity filled with cerebrospinal fluid, called the syrinx, but not operate on the syrinx directly.
Baclofen Pump
Children with Cerebral Palsy can benefit from a muscle relaxant drug called Baclofen which can help reduce spasticity. A Baclofen pump is a device surgically placed in the abdomen that delivers Baclofen to the spine at a rate that is slower than standard medicine delivery methods, like oral pills, which helps alleviate side effects like drowsiness.
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Neurological surgeons at Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) use the most advanced imaging and surgical techniques to treat children with conditions affecting the brain and central nervous system.
Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors are treated at Seattle Children’s which has the largest pediatric brain tumor program in the Northwest.
Syringomyelia
Syringomyelia is a condition in which a cavity forms in the spinal cord and fills with cerebrospinal fluid, the liquid that cushions your brain and spinal cord.
Myelomeningoceles
Myelomeningoceles are congenital defects of the spine where the spinal canal doesn’t close normally during birth.
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is a condition caused when the body makes more cerebrospinal fluid than it can absorb, causing the fluid to build up.
Chiari Malformations
Chiari ("kee-are-ee") malformation is a disorder of the brain where the cerebellum is herniated through the foramen magnum and into the spinal canal.
Craniosynostosis
Craniosynostosis is a condition in infants when the fibrous seams in the skull called sutures are fused together and change how the skull grows.