I am newly diagnosed
Surgical treatment options are provided by a multi-disciplinary team of board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists who are experts in skull base tumor surgery and treatments. They use the most advanced technologies such as intraoperative navigation systems and brain mapping to aid in the safe performance of surgery and reducing post-surgery problems.
The planning for care to assist the curing of pediatric neurosurgery patients is managed by a multidisciplinary team composed of a neurosurgeon, oncologist, neuro-endocrinologist and radiation oncologist. This approach gives patients peace of mind knowing they are receiving a range of the most up-to-date, comprehensive care options. Children and their families also receive the assistance of specially trained Pediatric Child Life staff to ensure the care they received is as high quality as it is compassionate.
The program offers expertise in treating:
- Hydrocephalus
- Birth defects
- Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries
- Craniofacial deformities (cleft lip and cleft palate)
- Fetal surgery
- Pediatric brain tumors
- Astrocytoma
- Brainstem glioma
- Craniopharyngioma
- Medulloblastoma
I am undergoing treatment
The Ochsner Hospital for Children Pediatric Neurosurgery Program offers parents and their children nationally-ranked care through an integrated and comprehensive team of board-certified physicians specially trained to provide children with relief from congenital defects and traumatic injuries of the brain and spinal cord.
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