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Microvascular Neurosurgery

What is Microvascular Neurosurgery?

Microvascular Neurosurgery treats blood vessel problems inside the brain, skull, spinal column, and spinal cord. The neurosurgeon performing this procedure utilizes highly specialized manipulation and dissection techniques, in addition to sophisticated, delicate instruments.

The following conditions can be treated with Microvascular Neurosurgery:

Brain Tumors
Hemifacial Spasm
Cerebral Aneurysms
Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
Intracranial Arterial Reconstruction
Optic Nerve Tumors
Orbital Tumors
Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations
Spinal Cord Tumors
Skull-base Tumors
Trigeminal Neuralgia

Dr. Michael Sisti discussing acoustic neuromas

What Happens When a Neurosurgeon Needs a Neurosurgeon?

When Brazilian neurosurgeon Jose Nasser felt numbness on one side of his face, he hoped it was a minor nerve problem and that it would go away quickly. But he decided to have an MRI done just in case. The MRI showed that Dr. Nasser had an acoustic neuroma, a tumor...

Dr. Michael Sisti’s Patient Lives Olympic Dream

It has been a few years since we shared the inspiring story of the olympian Josephine Pucci. And now, with the 2018 Winter Olympics underway in South Korea, we thought, what better time to put her story front and center once again. Before we do, we'd like to give you...

Dr. Sisti’s Patient ‘In Great Hands’

When Jodie Leitner went to a routine checkup in the fall of 2014, she told her doctor she had been having unusual headaches. “I had had sinus headaches in the past,” she says, “and these headaches were different.” So her doctor sent her for an MRI. The MRI showed a...

A Patient Surprises Dr. Sisti With a Gift No Money Can Buy

The gifts that move us, tug at our hearts, come when we least expect them and, in an instant, remind us of what’s important. Looking at the gift-wrapped box from his patient, Dr. Michael B. Sisti of Columbia Neurosurgery, didn’t know what the contents could be....

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