Surgical care for neurological disorders

Surgical Care for Neurological Disorders

The neurosurgical team at King's Daughters can help patients overcome life-limiting and/or life-threatening conditions using the latest advances in microsurgery, minimally invasive procedures and computer-assisted / image-guided surgery. King's Daughters Center for Advanced Imaging provides the latest technology in CT, MRI and PET scanning, allowing our surgeons to take spine and brain surgery further.

Available procedures include:

Repair of spine fractures, including kyphoplasty
Disk repair/replacement
Solutions for spinal stenosis
Repair of brain aneurysm
Stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of brain tumors
Skull base surgery
Peripheral nerve biopsies and surgery
Surgery for stroke, including hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes
Carotid bypass
Microvascular decompression surgery

Surgery puts smile on woman's face

Nancy McDowell's eyes begin to sparkle and a smile spreads effortlessly across her face. But it hasn't always been that way. For a dozen years, McDowell, a Catlettsburg, Ky., resident, suffered from trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder that left her in unbearable pain, afraid to eat, smile, laugh or even brush her teeth.

Read Mrs. McDowell's story ...

Taking care of Julie

For more than a year, Louisa, Ky., resident Julie Lumberg dealt with a series of mysterious and random health problems that baffled doctors, robbed her of energy and made it virtually impossible to see, drive or enjoy life.

Read Julie's story here ...