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The Division of Neurosurgery provides a
full range of surgical services for
prenates, neonates, infants, children
and adolescents born with congenital or
acquired neurosurgical indices. The
Division has well established, strong
multidisciplinary teams in
neuro-oncolody dealing with tumours of
the brain and the spinal cord as well as
neuro-traumatology for the management of
traumatic cerebral and spinal
pathologies. The epilepsy surgery
program is world renown and deals with a
surgical and medical management of
patients with intractable epilepsy. The
movement disorder program is
well-established for the management of
spasticity (or stiffness), usually in
children who were born prematurely; the
program for Deep Brain Stimulation in
the management of other movement
disorders is being developed. We have a
very strong frame and frameless
stereotactic program, which allows us to
do minimally invasive surgery in the
management of tumours, epilepsy and
movement, disorders. The treatment of
congenital malformations including
hydrocephalus and spina bifida is of
great interest to the members of the
division. Our endoscopy program with
both flexible and rigid endoscopy is
very well established. In collaboration
with genetics, obstetrics, surgery etc.
we have a well-established prenatal
diagnostic program, which allows us to
plan delivery and medical/surgical
management. We have recently procured an
intra-operative MRI suite, the only one
in a pediatric hospital in Canada. This
will greatly help in the management of
pediatric tumors and epilepsy.
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