Neurosurgery at Santa Fe Medical Center

Neurosurgery at Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center provides surgical and non-surgical care and management of the nervous systems, as well as the related support structures and blood supply, including:

• Consultations for chronic pain

• Decompression of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine for disc herniations or spinal (bony) degeneration

• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) to treat damaged cervical discs

• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) surgery for conditions like degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis

• Surgery for peripheral nerves including carpal tunnel release and ulnar nerve decompression

• Treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (brain bleeds from falls or other injuries)

We offer care for more complex neurological issues at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, including:

• Emergency care in our advanced primary stroke center for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke

• Emergency surgery for traumatic brain injuries

• Middle meningeal artery embolization (using catheters in the blood vessels) to treat chronic subdural hematoma

• Fusion of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine for nerve decompression, scoliosis or kyphosis, or to treat certain types of injuries

• Microsurgical resection of spinal tumors (benign and malignant)

• Pipeline stent flow diversion for aneurysms and vascular injury

• Aneurysm and AVM treatment

• Carotid angioplasty and stenting

• Intracranial angioplasty and stenting

• Open microsurgical clipping for brain aneurysms

• Microvascular decompression

• Tumor particle or coil embolization to reduce or cut off blood supply to tumors or abnormal growths

• Surgery for brain tumors and skull base tumors

• Vertebral artery angioplasty and stenting

As a Presbyterian Medical Group (PMG) practice, our dedicated physicians and providers work to provide you and your family with the care you need.